Army could switch Camo to a reptilian pattern

[Melensdad]

The Army launched the camouflage effort in response to a June 2009 inquiry by Pennsylvania's Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who was then chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Murtha pushed the service to look for a better camouflage pattern after receiving complaints from sergeants about the UCP's poor performance in the warzone. Oddly enough the pattern with a reptilian scale like pattern was developed in Alaska and is among the finalists for the new selection process. The military developed its own pattern but dropped it as being less effective than one of the remaining four commercially available options.

Soldiers Could Go Reptilian with New Camo | Military.com

 

[muleman]

Charlie Rangel will be pushing for the NYC boys to get it. That is a given. The snakeskin pictured is pretty neat for many areas that we have troops.

 

[Kane]

The snakeskin pictured is pretty neat for many areas that we have troops.

Sure is. They could mingle with our Congressmen in chambers and fit right in.

 

[Catavenger]

That's great spend even more money on uniforms when no doubt there are warehouses full of the other kind. And it's not even anything fun like what I thought it would be: