SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2226383 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-131839"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+ever+happened+about+Congress+pushing+for+%22one+camouflage+pattern+for+all+branches%22%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat ever happened about Congress pushing for &quot;one camouflage pattern for all branches&quot;?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="5e7012999bd454ed268191a4d1df3335" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/131/839/for_gallery_v2/5de32e46.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/131/839/large_v3/5de32e46.jpg" alt="5de32e46" /></a></div></div> What ever happened about Congress pushing for "one camouflage pattern for all branches"? 2017-01-07T20:12:52-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2226383 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-131839"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+ever+happened+about+Congress+pushing+for+%22one+camouflage+pattern+for+all+branches%22%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat ever happened about Congress pushing for &quot;one camouflage pattern for all branches&quot;?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="179f5d2e58e92b9e2a1d5fa1a4191fde" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/131/839/for_gallery_v2/5de32e46.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/131/839/large_v3/5de32e46.jpg" alt="5de32e46" /></a></div></div> What ever happened about Congress pushing for "one camouflage pattern for all branches"? 2017-01-07T20:12:52-05:00 2017-01-07T20:12:52-05:00 TSgt David L. 2226454 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We did that once. They were generally called BDUs and DCUs. What was wrong with those? Sounds like a lobbyist got to a bunch of folks. MONEY! KICKBACKS? Nahhhhh. Response by TSgt David L. made Jan 7 at 2017 8:50 PM 2017-01-07T20:50:53-05:00 2017-01-07T20:50:53-05:00 CPO Private RallyPoint Member 2226476 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They were talking about that around 2010 and money punchers came back and said that going to one uniform will not save money. This is what big leadership told us as we were getting ready to change over to Navy NWU II and III uniform. Actually it was the SOF community that pushing for one uniform. Response by CPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 7 at 2017 8:59 PM 2017-01-07T20:59:01-05:00 2017-01-07T20:59:01-05:00 CPT Jack Durish 2226499 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sounds like some member of Congress has a constituent (maybe a brother-in-law) in the camo fabric biz... Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jan 7 at 2017 9:10 PM 2017-01-07T21:10:56-05:00 2017-01-07T21:10:56-05:00 PO3 John Wagner 2226540 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Apparently congress is not as big on inclusiveness when it comes to the armed services Response by PO3 John Wagner made Jan 7 at 2017 9:26 PM 2017-01-07T21:26:30-05:00 2017-01-07T21:26:30-05:00 Cpl Joshua Caldwell 2226617 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They stopped that to focus on transgender acceptance. Apparently they thought that would be more important to war fighting. Response by Cpl Joshua Caldwell made Jan 7 at 2017 9:47 PM 2017-01-07T21:47:53-05:00 2017-01-07T21:47:53-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2226856 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Obamacare is the priority right now. Then the Great Wall of Mexico, then ethics reform, Russia reconciliation, ISIS, Supreme Court justice nominee then maybe we&#39;ll get around to a unified uniforms for the military branches Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 7 at 2017 11:19 PM 2017-01-07T23:19:14-05:00 2017-01-07T23:19:14-05:00 SSgt Christopher Brose 2227118 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was an active-duty Marine when the decision was made to change the uniforms from BDUs to something different. I thought it was all about some general wanting to put something else on his resume, or someone had a friend in the textile industry, something like that. <br /><br />And then I saw a picture of a Marine in digicammies standing next to a Marine in BDUs, and it was literally harder for me to focus my eyes on the guy in the digicammies. That made a believer out of me. Later, when I would see a formation from a distance, it was harder to tell where one Marine ended and the next Marine began. Marines would blend in with the treeline behind them better. Everything about the uniform was just better. <br /><br />I understand why some people might refer back to the good old days when everyone wore the same uniform, but there was a legitimate reason why the Marines changed to an entirely new uniform. Response by SSgt Christopher Brose made Jan 8 at 2017 2:55 AM 2017-01-08T02:55:24-05:00 2017-01-08T02:55:24-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2229458 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The thing is that the there were multiple tests on different camo patterns over the last 15 years. They constantly have selected winner for every test but for some reason it&#39;s never chosen for actual use. Hell, Multicam has been around since what, 2001? Yet we didn&#39;t see it go mainstream until roughly 2010 by regular units in theater. So much resources and money has already been wasted constantly over these things. One of the major reasons I asked this too is because the Army is switching over to Scorpion W2 (modified Multicam between Crye and the Army) and I would hate to spend a lot of coin on new uniforms (boots, sox, belts, t-shirts, and patches under the new tan 499 color) just to find out that we&#39;re all changing to another pattern in just a few short years. We&#39;re already having to buy the new black PT uniforms which can rack up a lot of coin as well. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2017 5:39 PM 2017-01-08T17:39:21-05:00 2017-01-08T17:39:21-05:00 SMSgt Thor Merich 2229633 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The most fiscal responsible decision would be one uniform for all and allow each service to customize it however they fit. As for combat, they should pick a pattern for that particular environment and issue that to all troops. As they environment changes, they uniform could change as well. Trying to find one uniform that fits in all environments will never work. Might as well adapt to the situation.<br /><br />Honestly though, the services will never agree and they don&#39;t mind wasting tax payers money just so each service can have its own personal uniform. Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Jan 8 at 2017 6:34 PM 2017-01-08T18:34:02-05:00 2017-01-08T18:34:02-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 2230015 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If Congress wants all service branches to use the same camo pattern so be it, but it won&#39;t save money. The services all buy enough of whatever uniform they use to get bulk pricing. Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2017 8:47 PM 2017-01-08T20:47:53-05:00 2017-01-08T20:47:53-05:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 2230034 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They are still pushing for it. Marines no longer wear desert cammies Navy is transitioning to our woodland cammies and the Army is phasing out the ACU. Slowly but surely we will get to one pattern and then be one large branch Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2017 8:53 PM 2017-01-08T20:53:26-05:00 2017-01-08T20:53:26-05:00 SSG Roger Ayscue 2230041 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lets go back to Woodland camo BDUs and 3 color DCUs for DirkaDirkastan...It works Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made Jan 8 at 2017 8:56 PM 2017-01-08T20:56:09-05:00 2017-01-08T20:56:09-05:00 SrA Matthew Knight 2231071 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="751010" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/751010-15g-aircraft-structural-repairer">SSG Private RallyPoint Member</a> I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve seen a very good response so far, a lot of good opinions but none really saying the true reason.<br /><br />My understanding (don&#39;t quote me on this) is that there was legislation passed that said that if a new uniform were to be created from now on that it would be for all branches. What it didn&#39;t dictate was that all branches were required to unify right now and get rid of old patterns. As a result you see the transitions we are seeing right now where the Army and Navy are switching to more effective patterns that they had developed before the legislation.<br /><br />This doesn&#39;t affect the Marines or the Air Force who are for now continuing to use their current patterns. Likely the Marines won&#39;t switch for a long time unless a battleground requires something other than their woodland or desert MARPAT.<br /><br />As for the Air Force, I keep my hopes up that we will transition to the Scorpion or OCP that the Army and deployed AF already use. With a new Chief of Staff it could happen but at the same time we may see the blind logic of now retired General Welsh continue. His logic was that it wasn&#39;t a cost effective move for the AF despite there being no research needed into OCP and Scorpions effectiveness as well as the fact that all of the AF rank/name/branch/unit patches already exist for OCP. The Air Force also currently pays double for uniforms as they issue an unusable combat uniform to all new enlisted and officers and then issue OCP and Scorpion for deployers. One day someone will have the common sense to realize the best move now would be to just adopt OCP or Scorpion and be done with the &quot;vanity&quot; patterns still in use. Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Jan 9 at 2017 7:12 AM 2017-01-09T07:12:29-05:00 2017-01-09T07:12:29-05:00 SGT James Miller 2232885 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can&#39;t do it. Every brach is special. :) Response by SGT James Miller made Jan 9 at 2017 5:34 PM 2017-01-09T17:34:27-05:00 2017-01-09T17:34:27-05:00 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 2234547 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I cringe every time I see Congress pushing anything universal for all services. It just doesn&#39;t make any sense at all except possibly for fabric manufacturers in some Congressman&#39;s district. Response by Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen made Jan 10 at 2017 9:15 AM 2017-01-10T09:15:24-05:00 2017-01-10T09:15:24-05:00 SSgt Brad Becker 2234802 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never going to happen the Marines and Navy have their own, Navy does not need the same pattern as the Army as they are on the water. The Army does not want the Navy&#39;s pattern, the Marines have the pattern they are happy with why do you care. Every one is happy. Response by SSgt Brad Becker made Jan 10 at 2017 10:39 AM 2017-01-10T10:39:12-05:00 2017-01-10T10:39:12-05:00 SGM Private RallyPoint Member 2234838 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-129731"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+ever+happened+about+Congress+pushing+for+%22one+camouflage+pattern+for+all+branches%22%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat ever happened about Congress pushing for &quot;one camouflage pattern for all branches&quot;?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="2152a32ad8222d2319e4842173050839" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/731/for_gallery_v2/d7bd52fd.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/731/large_v3/d7bd52fd.jpg" alt="D7bd52fd" /></a></div></div>It is crazy to me that after 10 years and all that money....we are now back to a faded BDU pattern. I am not complaining though, happy to be back in green. Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2017 10:48 AM 2017-01-10T10:48:52-05:00 2017-01-10T10:48:52-05:00 TSgt George Rodriguez 2235213 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camouflage patterns should be adjusted to the areas of operation to give our troops the best ability to blend in with the terrain. One pattern or color will not suffice for any given situation. Response by TSgt George Rodriguez made Jan 10 at 2017 12:37 PM 2017-01-10T12:37:54-05:00 2017-01-10T12:37:54-05:00 Claudio Alpaca 2235701 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>perhaps initially there my be diffidence, but we are sure this is consequential, that is my opinion, by our acting on a multidomain field , a field where there is not necessity to have different camouflage patterns but one is omogeinizing us on a only Army and making visible our ability to act on air, sea, ground, like constituted by or immerged on. One camouflage patern enhance such our ability and make visible we are warrior able to fight, when required, all domains as members of all branch Army is divided on. Response by Claudio Alpaca made Jan 10 at 2017 2:36 PM 2017-01-10T14:36:33-05:00 2017-01-10T14:36:33-05:00 CPL Brian Clouser 2236147 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some big company brought off congress and the generals in charge to drop it either that or it made too much sense for congress to understand, lol.<br /> My idea is to have one Class C uniform for three of the branches , Navy would have 2 one for sea duty and one for shore duty. Each branch could kept their Class As and Bs. It would save the taxpayers money, money that could and should go to taking care of our veterans Response by CPL Brian Clouser made Jan 10 at 2017 5:03 PM 2017-01-10T17:03:09-05:00 2017-01-10T17:03:09-05:00 SPC Johnny Velazquez, PhD 2236418 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What? Never heard of it. At this point, who cares. Response by SPC Johnny Velazquez, PhD made Jan 10 at 2017 6:34 PM 2017-01-10T18:34:11-05:00 2017-01-10T18:34:11-05:00 CW3 Dick McManus 2237329 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Irrefutable Scientific Evidence - The 9/11 Official Story is Total BS<br /><br /><br />The World Trade Center complex owned by Larry Silverstein required at least $200 million to remove the asbestos fire proofing. He had tried to get the New York City government to allow the demolition of them, but the city refused due to the health risk from asbestos and risk the people and the neighborhood surrounding the building. Also the win Towers needed $5.6 billion in repairs to prevent galvanic ally corroded bolts from shedding aluminum cladding onto pedestrians below and killing pedestrians walking nearby. <br /><br />Silverstein was paid $4.577 billion from insurance companies for buildings 1, 2, 4, and 5. Silverstein made $1.33 billion profit from his insurance on this ownership of WTC buildings as a result of the incident. for these buildings. Given that when Silverstein bought the WTC every other real estate agent in New York City knew these buildings were not a financially good business decision, was this just good luck?<br /><br />9/11 Truth Seattle<br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/</a> [login to see] 2870/<br /><br />Or the fact that devote extremist Muslims, who drank alcohol and used prostitutes and could not fly a small private airplane, but they did the mass murder on 9/11. <br /><br /><br />Or The whole 9/11 official story is full of ship that just happening and defies our common sense (what are the odds?). For example, three of the transcontinental flights departed for the West Coast with at least two thirds of the seats empty. Flight 77 …never at any time in the last decade have we flown a trans-continental flight that was 3/4 empty as what allegedly occurred on 9/11. <br /><br />Or the fact by order of a White House directive, a FEMA bio-warfare training exercise called Tripod II, was scheduled and in progress on September 11th in Manhattan. The set up for that exercise conveniently placed a fully staffed FEMA and Department of Justice command post on Manhattan&#39;s Pier 29.<br /><br /><br />Or the fact that the New York City’s, Emergency Management Operation Center at the time was located in World Trade Center seven (WTC7), but on 9/11, they also moved it to Pear 29 with FEMA. <br /> <br /><br />Or the fact that US Air Force left what a yawning gap its air defenses on the East Coast without enough F-16s to handle four hijackings—a gap with New York City at the center. <br /><br />Or that fact that militarized anthrax, only produced in DoD bio-weapon labs or Bechtel labs would be sent to two of the Congressmen who were against the Patriot Act and could have stopped its passage. <br /><br /><br />Or the fact that never before 9/11 had a steel high rise building ever totally collapsed due to fire or since then due to fire, yet three did so.<br /><br />Or the fact that steel melted for the first time in world history, without first baking in a furnace.<br /><br /><br /><br />Or the fact that someone made $2.5 million profit with insider information investing in put options in United Airlines stock as the stock price crashed after 9/11, yet they did not bother to claim the money (as far as we know and the SEC says the records have been destroyed). <br /><br /><br />How lucky for was all that?<br /><br /><br />If you want to read my 100 page research paper Irrefutable Evidence - The 9/11 Official Story is Total BS <br /><br /><br /><br />send me an email at [login to see] and I will reply with it attached. <br /><br /><br />Richard McManus<br />Chief Warrant Officer-3/counterintelligence special agent, and combat paramedic, Vietnam, US Army retired, Everett, WA <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/138/128/qrc/10547603_10154454020910603_4490250805562451415_n.jpg?1484110367"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/134985036652870/">9/11 Truth Seattle Public Group | Facebook</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">9/11 Truth Seattle has 428 members. This is the US National and international group that wants a new investigation of the mass murder on Sept. 11, 2001....</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CW3 Dick McManus made Jan 10 at 2017 11:52 PM 2017-01-10T23:52:52-05:00 2017-01-10T23:52:52-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2237690 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-129415"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+ever+happened+about+Congress+pushing+for+%22one+camouflage+pattern+for+all+branches%22%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat ever happened about Congress pushing for &quot;one camouflage pattern for all branches&quot;?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="fcf4fe225f7e196769dc392e5c46c104" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/415/for_gallery_v2/496ee4ac.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/415/large_v3/496ee4ac.jpg" alt="496ee4ac" /></a></div></div>I remember in 2014, ADS, Crye Precision and two other companies were the top 4 in the final test. Then all of a sudden they all got dropped and we&#39;re now having to switch to Scorpion W2 which wasn&#39;t even in the original testing. Then again, it&#39;s always political.<br /><br />ADS US4CES camo patterns below. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2017 4:31 AM 2017-01-11T04:31:09-05:00 2017-01-11T04:31:09-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2237767 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-129419"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+ever+happened+about+Congress+pushing+for+%22one+camouflage+pattern+for+all+branches%22%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat ever happened about Congress pushing for &quot;one camouflage pattern for all branches&quot;?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-ever-happened-about-congress-pushing-for-one-camouflage-pattern-for-all-branches" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="3e41a06602c124aeb259e5c5144aaac5" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/419/for_gallery_v2/a54ed84f.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/129/419/large_v3/a54ed84f.jpg" alt="A54ed84f" /></a></div></div>This picture was from an Army Times article showing these four companies were the finalists in the future uniforms (Crye Precision was the 4th but not shown). Then all of a sudden they were all dropped to have Scorpion W2. Even interesting enough is that MARPAT was taken directly from the Canadian pattern CADPAT and then changed the color pallette to call it their own. I just can&#39;t justify all the wasted time, resources and taxpayers money into something that never ends up being utilized. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2017 6:15 AM 2017-01-11T06:15:31-05:00 2017-01-11T06:15:31-05:00 PO2 Tom Belcher 2239590 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it is an ok idea it would save a lot of money. Response by PO2 Tom Belcher made Jan 11 at 2017 6:01 PM 2017-01-11T18:01:37-05:00 2017-01-11T18:01:37-05:00 SPC(P) Carlos Santini 2283497 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What was wrong with the original uniforms?? All they needed to do was update the material or pockets and kept the same camo. Response by SPC(P) Carlos Santini made Jan 25 at 2017 11:24 PM 2017-01-25T23:24:08-05:00 2017-01-25T23:24:08-05:00 SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth 3627489 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Congress would be lucky if they ever came to terms on something as a whole. Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made May 14 at 2018 4:51 PM 2018-05-14T16:51:57-04:00 2018-05-14T16:51:57-04:00 MSgt Michael Bischoff 3627813 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Money Response by MSgt Michael Bischoff made May 14 at 2018 6:26 PM 2018-05-14T18:26:33-04:00 2018-05-14T18:26:33-04:00 1SG Dennis Hicks 3628041 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why don&#39;t we all just got to Safety Orange and get it all over with. Response by 1SG Dennis Hicks made May 14 at 2018 7:29 PM 2018-05-14T19:29:36-04:00 2018-05-14T19:29:36-04:00 A1C Private RallyPoint Member 3897375 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Army has OCP’s. They Air Force followed behind them and just recently started switching to them, the navy (from what one of my buddies in the navy) said they were gonna switch to OCP’s within the next 2-3 years (thank god because they have some weird looking uniforms now), aaaand idk about the marines, I think they are gonna stick with their MARPAT that they have. Idk about the coast guard... they do their own thing. Response by A1C Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2018 2:30 AM 2018-08-21T02:30:04-04:00 2018-08-21T02:30:04-04:00 MSgt Nathan Krawitz 3989001 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Here&#39;s an idea. Figure out the best pattern for the environment. Whoever is in that environment gets uniforms in that patter. Right now, there is one pattern for Afghanistan. Expand the concept.<br /><br />It might result in multiple patterns, but uniformity. On a ship? Multiple shades of gray. Anyone doing anything topside gets the pattern. This involves Army on their boats and Marines as ship&#39;s company. In the snow? White and off whites. In the desert? Tans. In woods? Greens. Working stateside on base? Varying shades of urban patterns, or adopt one of other existing patterns as appropriate.<br /><br />It&#39;s just a pattern. Each branch can build the uniform as it sees fit. Response by MSgt Nathan Krawitz made Sep 23 at 2018 7:52 PM 2018-09-23T19:52:20-04:00 2018-09-23T19:52:20-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3989027 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The stupidest thing he Army did when they went to the ACUs is making all their individual equipment in the same pattern. It would have been smarter to do what the Marine Corps did and make it neutral like the coyote brown so it’s interchangeable in theaters. Now that we’re in OCPs, we have to replace perfectly good flak vests, ruck sacks, sleep systems, etc., to a whole new pattern. That or just have mismatched gear until it wears out. Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 23 at 2018 8:13 PM 2018-09-23T20:13:19-04:00 2018-09-23T20:13:19-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 3993930 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Palms were greased! Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2018 12:44 PM 2018-09-25T12:44:56-04:00 2018-09-25T12:44:56-04:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 3996332 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MARPAT is the best in my opinion Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 26 at 2018 8:01 AM 2018-09-26T08:01:28-04:00 2018-09-26T08:01:28-04:00 PO2 Brett Baune 3997058 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Makes sense to unify the branches to a single pattern from a identification standpoint, but I don&#39;t see how a single pattern will work from an operational standpoint. Multicam works for what we use it for today, but you really need 4 patterns to be effective. Green, for jungle, woods, spring, summer. White, alpine, snow, winter, anything far north. FDE, desert, fall, arid environments. And grey, urban and night.<br /><br />To do this, that sort of forces all branches to be bogged down with the navy&#39;s problem of having to have half a dozen sea bags just to have everything you need. The navy has far fewer uniforms than when I first joined, and I think there is a good lesson in that. Less is more. Response by PO2 Brett Baune made Sep 26 at 2018 11:51 AM 2018-09-26T11:51:42-04:00 2018-09-26T11:51:42-04:00 SFC S.t. Helms (Ret) 3998319 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It&#39;s the dumbest this we have next to having different vehicles and aircraft.. On top of that.. we have two Army&#39;s. The Army and Corp. Eliminate one. Response by SFC S.t. Helms (Ret) made Sep 26 at 2018 7:36 PM 2018-09-26T19:36:35-04:00 2018-09-26T19:36:35-04:00 PO3 D Tommy Coughlin 4001007 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can&#39;t get the Navy to commit to a uniform long enough to make it happen. Response by PO3 D Tommy Coughlin made Sep 27 at 2018 7:27 PM 2018-09-27T19:27:46-04:00 2018-09-27T19:27:46-04:00 MSG Steve Collier 4001149 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A Marine will wear what issued... The Navy needs blue, except SEALS and Sea Bees who need true protective coloration...<br />The Army should wear functional camo, but there&#39;s also a need to look cool so they need something different than the Marines...<br />The Air Force is competing with the Army for the cooler camo so they buy new camo, but just as the Special Ops folks in the Navy, Air Force Special Ops needs functional coloration...<br />Now the Coast Guard, like the Marines they&#39;ll wear what is issued...<br />Remember, there were paragraphs instructing soldiers on the proper method to roll up their utility uniform sleeves. The Marines just rolled them up. Response by MSG Steve Collier made Sep 27 at 2018 8:40 PM 2018-09-27T20:40:37-04:00 2018-09-27T20:40:37-04:00 A1C Lexas Granger 4008980 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Their attention towards this issue has been shifted towards acceptance of all individuals, legal and illegal immigrants, LGBTQ+ issues and their rights, abortion and it’s legality or abortion being illegal, Trump and his agenda he’s trying to push, environmental concerns and issues, and other things. <br /><br />Although a “One Service Camouflaged Uniform” would save money in production and distribution. This topic is trivialized by other concerns. Also remember the cost goes to the lowest bidder and they may not be satisfied by their vendors choices in styles of uniform. <br /><br />To be fair I feel each service should use variations of the multi-cam uniforms to distinguish between branches of service. Different patterns that is, using the same color pallets as each other. Then think about effectiveness in combat and job specific needs. Then formulate a good balance for every branch. <br /><br />Ta-da. I give you the solution. Response by A1C Lexas Granger made Sep 30 at 2018 9:24 PM 2018-09-30T21:24:15-04:00 2018-09-30T21:24:15-04:00 PFC Robert L. Gonzales 4017130 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Terrain should always be the reason for different camo...never for uniformity. Response by PFC Robert L. Gonzales made Oct 3 at 2018 10:29 PM 2018-10-03T22:29:42-04:00 2018-10-03T22:29:42-04:00 PFC Robert L. Gonzales 4017133 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Notice 1 and 6 blend best into the terrain in the picture.. the others stand out like a sore thumb but might be appropriate for other terrain Response by PFC Robert L. Gonzales made Oct 3 at 2018 10:31 PM 2018-10-03T22:31:14-04:00 2018-10-03T22:31:14-04:00 SPC Steven Depuy 4040166 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One pattern, because being in North Europe, The Sand Box, The Artic, At Sea, can all be covered by one pattern. Response by SPC Steven Depuy made Oct 12 at 2018 2:32 PM 2018-10-12T14:32:43-04:00 2018-10-12T14:32:43-04:00 LtCol Paul Bowen 4046192 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Congress doesn&#39;t have a &quot;Battalion&quot; that jumps in ahead of the Warriors...so camouflage patterns are none of their business. Response by LtCol Paul Bowen made Oct 14 at 2018 9:03 PM 2018-10-14T21:03:53-04:00 2018-10-14T21:03:53-04:00 SGT Steve Burczyk 4079961 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One camo pattern for all branches is logistically &amp; cost savings especially for personnel stationed outside of their designated military branch&#39;s (i.e. Marines or Sailors stationed at Army or Air Force Installations or vice versa) &amp; being stationed at remote duty assignments (Shemya AFB in the Aleutian Islands to Lajes Field AFB Azores) for example that have limited clothing sales items for the other branches. Response by SGT Steve Burczyk made Oct 27 at 2018 10:57 PM 2018-10-27T22:57:16-04:00 2018-10-27T22:57:16-04:00 PO2 Brad Broerman 4159318 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Unless you&#39;re a Seal, SeaBee, or medic deployed with the Marines, why does Navy need camo? Dungarees and the blue coveralls were perfect for shipboard life. Similar with Air Force I would imagine. For Marines and Army, It should depend on the mission and the terrain. Get politics out of it, and get a set of patterns that work in specific environments (desert, urban, jungle, forest, arctic, etc) and stick with those. Response by PO2 Brad Broerman made Nov 26 at 2018 8:53 AM 2018-11-26T08:53:21-05:00 2018-11-26T08:53:21-05:00 SSgt Daniel d'Errico 4175022 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a loade subject isn&#39;t it? OCP for every service! Well lets see, NAVY; they&#39;re at see, the sea is blue, wearing OCP uniforms, you&#39;ll blend in perfectly. The &quot;blue uniforms&quot; are bad enough looking, but what happens when a sailor falls off tbe ship at sea? He/she is totally lost! AIR FORCE; no problem. ARMY; Well it&#39;s required they be camouflaged, so no problem. MARINES; also required to be hidden in combat. Just keep their covers cornered and the overly pressed uniforms down to a minimum. Coast Guard; same as the NAVY. But when each services SOF units has to operate in a conflict, yes. As for the other types let&#39;s wait for the zcongressional circus to make its decision. Response by SSgt Daniel d'Errico made Dec 1 at 2018 11:05 PM 2018-12-01T23:05:34-05:00 2018-12-01T23:05:34-05:00 SGT Donald Croswhite 4175283 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The wind blew, and they forgot. Response by SGT Donald Croswhite made Dec 2 at 2018 3:38 AM 2018-12-02T03:38:36-05:00 2018-12-02T03:38:36-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 4280306 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We are basically already there. Both Army and Air Force will be using OCP by April 2021. Navy and Marine Corp will have similar patterns by OCT 2019. Would be better if Navy chose Coyote Brown for accessories and boots, but they wanted to retain some clash. Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2019 10:35 AM 2019-01-12T10:35:38-05:00 2019-01-12T10:35:38-05:00 CWO2 Matt Johnston 4281647 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Quick Google search will tell you that full implementation isn&#39;t until 2021.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-22/making-a-21st-century-u-s-military-uniform-every-branch-can-wear">https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-22/making-a-21st-century-u-s-military-uniform-every-branch-can-wear</a><br /><br />These things take time.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-22/making-a-21st-century-u-s-military-uniform-every-branch-can-wear">Bloomberg - Are you a robot?</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CWO2 Matt Johnston made Jan 12 at 2019 7:56 PM 2019-01-12T19:56:45-05:00 2019-01-12T19:56:45-05:00 SPC Stephen Walsh 4288790 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never could understand Camo for Navy or Air Force (except Seabees or Air Commandos). If your in Navy Camo and wind up in Sea they will never find you.. Response by SPC Stephen Walsh made Jan 15 at 2019 12:32 PM 2019-01-15T12:32:09-05:00 2019-01-15T12:32:09-05:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4293283 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The marine chief said something &amp; thrn it was no more Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 17 at 2019 6:15 AM 2019-01-17T06:15:14-05:00 2019-01-17T06:15:14-05:00 COL Mark Crowley 4295001 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>At the risk of incurring the wrath of my Marine Corps brothers, that would be a capital idea, even yours truly would wear the MCP even though I&#39;m US Army all the way! yeah yeah, I know the Marines say ARMY is an achronym for Aren&#39;t Really Marines Yet, and I say to them HA! and a big HOOAH to them Response by COL Mark Crowley made Jan 17 at 2019 4:53 PM 2019-01-17T16:53:42-05:00 2019-01-17T16:53:42-05:00 SGT Lynia Ghormley 4296839 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camouflage should be designed and worn to suit the terrain, not a military branch, special force, or lobbyist. I think we can all agree on this. Tactical circumstances must dictate clothing. Response by SGT Lynia Ghormley made Jan 18 at 2019 9:39 AM 2019-01-18T09:39:52-05:00 2019-01-18T09:39:52-05:00 SSG Red Hoffman 4296868 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are we talking about pattern or color?? Pattern and color would both be different depending on what part of the world they would be located. In Alaska, they had white camouflage; in the middle east, tan camouflage; In south east Asia they had camouflage likened to the terrain. Stateside we were all issued the same OD utility uniforms and they made way for the BDUs. Also, color does segregate the branches and rightfully so. They all train differently so making them identifiable by the type of uniform they wear could become a matter of importance. Not sure why Congress would try to make them all the same. Like someone said in this thread.....maybe members of Congress has a family member in the camouflage business. Response by SSG Red Hoffman made Jan 18 at 2019 9:50 AM 2019-01-18T09:50:30-05:00 2019-01-18T09:50:30-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 4297816 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We can&#39;t see the stealth uniform. Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 18 at 2019 4:45 PM 2019-01-18T16:45:07-05:00 2019-01-18T16:45:07-05:00 LTC Ken Connolly 4300870 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Probably more to do with Service pride than Congress. Response by LTC Ken Connolly made Jan 19 at 2019 9:44 PM 2019-01-19T21:44:37-05:00 2019-01-19T21:44:37-05:00 SN Mike Duffy 4302171 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We messed around with it 40-50 years ago. This idea is some people&#39;s liberation army BS. Different jobs require different clothes. Response by SN Mike Duffy made Jan 20 at 2019 1:17 PM 2019-01-20T13:17:40-05:00 2019-01-20T13:17:40-05:00 SFC Randall Atchison 4305059 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One utility uniform for all branches! Response by SFC Randall Atchison made Jan 21 at 2019 3:43 PM 2019-01-21T15:43:49-05:00 2019-01-21T15:43:49-05:00 Col Robert Ginn 4308011 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Who gives a rat&#39;s ASS ? I can&#39;t believe you children are concerned with such nonsense. Response by Col Robert Ginn made Jan 22 at 2019 6:00 PM 2019-01-22T18:00:42-05:00 2019-01-22T18:00:42-05:00 SPC Joe Davenport 4376132 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>THe supply chain is major driver. If you have only one pattern then you don&#39;t need as many jobs in as many congressional districts and states. Oh and gets even more minute - the Navy has it&#39;s own special flag design for camo! Yes indeed on navy the flag looks like it is flapping in the breeze o the fantail of a destroyer. Response by SPC Joe Davenport made Feb 17 at 2019 5:16 PM 2019-02-17T17:16:38-05:00 2019-02-17T17:16:38-05:00 CPT Keith Whitter 4392822 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why would anyone ever expect a decision to come from Congress? Response by CPT Keith Whitter made Feb 22 at 2019 11:00 PM 2019-02-22T23:00:15-05:00 2019-02-22T23:00:15-05:00 Brad Miller 4400214 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Would one pattern really be effective? Granted, it would save a LOT of money (and make the cool &quot;trademark&quot; patterns go away), but, as a civie, why does the Navy even NEED camo for the warm bodies? Ships, yes, crew -- why? Response by Brad Miller made Feb 25 at 2019 2:53 PM 2019-02-25T14:53:28-05:00 2019-02-25T14:53:28-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 5461409 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just a heads up on this topic. There are now 3 branches adopting ACU&#39;s in the OCP (Scorpion W-2 camo) pattern. <br /><br />U.S. Army<br />U.S. Air Force<br />U.S. Space Force<br /><br />Mainly it was due to saving on uniform costs and not wasting money on developing a new one we don&#39;t need at this time and I&#39;m totally onboard with that. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2020 2:17 AM 2020-01-20T02:17:10-05:00 2020-01-20T02:17:10-05:00 SCPO William Akin 5838383 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Change the one on the far left to that weird ass blue the Navy used to have and you&#39;ll next seasons Shore duty working uniform.. Response by SCPO William Akin made May 1 at 2020 12:13 PM 2020-05-01T12:13:14-04:00 2020-05-01T12:13:14-04:00 SSG John Jensen 6689764 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>wore my old OD field jacket to work once - everybody at the shop asked if it was my Dad&#39;s, when I said it was mine they all commented that I was really old. Response by SSG John Jensen made Jan 24 at 2021 9:38 PM 2021-01-24T21:38:14-05:00 2021-01-24T21:38:14-05:00 2017-01-07T20:12:52-05:00