Report: MultiCam costs more than ACU

[unhappycamper]

Soldiers wear MultiCam in February 2007 while demonstrating the Future Force Warrior project at Fort Bliss, Texas.


Report: MultiCam costs more than ACU
Staff report
Posted : Monday Jun 14, 2010 6:11:32 EDT

MultiCam camouflage uniforms for Afghanistan will be more expensive to produce than the Army Combat Uniform, following a multiyear trend of rising uniform costs, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

The May 28 report — “Warfighter Support: Observations on DoD’s Ground Combat Uniforms” — shows that uniform costs for all services have increased from “about $223 million in fiscal 2005 to about $422 million in fiscal year 2009.”

Most of the cost increases are because of the need for fire-resistant fabrics to protect troops from burns and permethrin insect-repellent treatment, the report states.

Flame resistant, permethrin-treated uniforms in MultiCam will cost about $174 per set, the study states. The equivalent set of ACUs costs about $152, the study states.

Production and procurement costs make up about 95 percent of the cost of camouflage uniforms, the report states.

[glowing]

1. It must be oh so safe for our troops to be litereally wearing a pesticide next to their

bodies all the time. AND anything flame-retardent is carcinogenic.