New Camo Arrives in Afghanistan

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New Camo Arrives in Afghanistan
November 12, 2009
Military.com|by Christian Lowe

The Army has revealed which units in Afghanistan received experimental camouflage uniforms designed specifically for Afghanistan's varied terrain.

Col. Bill Cole, the program manager for Soldier individual equipment at Fort Belvoir, Va., told Military.com that the 3rd Squadron of the 61st Cavalry Regiment had been issued the "Universal Camouflage Pattern-Delta" uniforms designed by the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts, and that Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment have been issued MultiCam duds.

This is the first time the affected units have been identified by official sources.

Both battalion-sized units operate in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, which features rocky, sub-Alpine terrain and lush green river valleys – an environment that some argue is unsuited for the Army's current universal pattern because it stands out against the more forested backgrounds.

After initially resisting the move, the service relented to calls from Congress and within the military to seriously look at how "universal" the Army's current camo is given the varied terrains where U.S. troops are fighting, particularly in Afghanistan.


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1. Anything to keep the boys safe in that shithole.