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So I was looking at my OCP Uniform the other day and I started to think to myself... If I can get my badges, rank, and nametapes sewed on my uniform, what was the point of switching from the BDU'S? One of the many reasons the ACU'S were brought into existence was to save Soldiers money by not having to sew everything on..fast forward 10 years and you can sew anything on and it's even more expensive now then it was then. I can go on about the buttons and how OCP looks like a different color woodland pattern but wanted to pose this question for everyone. Thoughts?
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Posted 8 y ago
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Personally, I really do think someone somewhere in the Army is getting some nice kickback for this.
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SSG Robert Webster
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS - Those ID10TS have to try and blame someone. Heck the BDU was a failed uniform before it even got fielded.
The other thing is that it almost always goes back to $$$.
The other thing is that it almost always goes back to $$$.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS - While I was stationed at Hanscom AFB, MA We had some people there from the Canadian Air Force there also, and the camo pattern on their uniforms was far superior to what i saw US Force using. Seems someone could have learned from that, they got it right. Is it that hard to see that someone has a pattern that actually works to blend with the surroundings instead of the foolish things I see being used here ?
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MAJ James Woods
I'll have to look up old acquisition articles cause I remember the (MARPAT) uniform design the Marines adopted was being looked at by the Army first but the Army didn't want it cause they wanted a one color digital scheme that fit every operational environment; which led to the atrocious ACU design.
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A retired COL or General needed an after military income so we got ACU's. We realized the ACU's sucked, but if we went back to BDU's we would be basically admitting ACUs were a bad idea so we handed off the money train to another retired COL or General to get a marginally better uniform. *I'm just guessing here.
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