Posted on Sep 7, 2014
SCPO Leading Chief Petty Officer (Lcpo)
Topic of discussion, for those who have been abroad I am sure you have encountered several different camouflage uniforms in country. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force all wear different designs of Cammies (sorry Coasties, I've never seen you in Cammies). Does it run the risk of jeopardizing tradition? Is individuality in combat reasonable? Or is keeping service and dress uniforms branch specific while unifying combat camouflage uniforms feasible.
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Considering the ridiculous expenditure of money that has been spent on uniforms, all branches should adopt the same Combat Uniform(s). There can be several ones for different environments IE woodland, desert etc, but it is a absolute waste of money to have different uniforms for every branch. Why have we as a nation wasted hundreds of millions on ACUs and AF Service uniform which offer no camouflage unless you are fighting in a stone quarry. And who is the genius who thought blue uniforms were good at sea? You don't blend into the ship and if you fall overboard no one can see you. It does not seem to make much sense.
That is one area that would save hundreds of millions of dollars.
I believe the best choice would be the MARPAT uniform.

So should the different branches cooperate and have one uniform and what choice would be best?

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