The A-TACS camo pattern is growing in popularity. Mayflower Research and Consulting is offering their kit in A-TACS.
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And they are:
1. ADS, Inc. (teamed with Hyperstealth, Inc.) – Virginia Beach, Virginia
2. Brookwood Companies, Inc- New York, NY
3. Crye Precision, LLC – Brooklyn, NY
4. Kryptek, Inc. – Fairbanks, AK
5. Government pattern developed at U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Natick, MA
Finally, boxer shorts made with operator input! First Lite was conceived in 2007 by Kenton Carruth and Scott Robinson and these two are busy making performance base layers based on their extensive involvement within winter sports and outdoor industries and contacts within various military commands. Scott is the former Director of Marketing at Smith Optics.
First Lite’s latest creation is a pair of boxer shorts that are constructed from Merino wool for superior comfort and breathability. Merino wool is perfect for controlling odor and regulating temperature on even the warmest days – your friends will appreciate the controlled odor part best! The length was extended further down toward the knee based on input from military units to help prevent them from rolling up Each pair retails for around $50 and come in three camo patterns and black.
The Army Times is reporting on last weeks Army Camouflage Improvement Industry Day in today’s paper. Lance Bacon attended the Dec. 9th event and heard from a range of Army officials speaking about the current and future camouflage programs.
A revelation about the Army’s current camouflage pattern came from Maj. Brett Lord, from the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, who spoke frankly about UCP. “The uniform I am wearing doesn’t do the best job of concealing our soldiers,” he said.
In it’s place will be a set of uniforms with three new patterns; a transitional, a woodland and a desert pattern. Industry will have till early spring 2011 to submit their patterns for an evaluation and wear test.
UPDATE: The plan calls for three submissions from industry and two from the government. Initially, I thought this meant Soldiers could end up in MARPAT or AOR, it means that Natick is working on a couple of patterns that will go up against the industry patterns. The currently fielded patterns will only be used as baselines.
There’s plenty more in Lance’s article, so go get an Army Times this morning and find out what your next uniform may look like and how the Army plans to develop it.
Read MorePM-SCIE and Natick are hosting a camouflage industry day at the Army Research Lab outside of Washington, DC on December 9th, 2010. RSVP by November 24 to Sandra Fletcher at 301-394-5506 / sandra.fletcher@us.army.mil or Mr. Timothy Brown (301-394-3863 / timothy.brown39@us.army.mil). The following information is needed for each participant: full name, company or organization, citizenship, email address, phone number.
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Scientists and fashion designers have teamed up over in the UK to develop a spray-on fabric. Fabrican says the stuff is a combination of short staple fibers and polymers held in solvent suspension. After it’s applied, the solvent evaporates, leaving the liquid polymer to gel and hold the fibers together on the surface of whatever it’s sprayed on.
While they show it in a fashion setting, the first thing I though of when I saw the story on Wired was what it would look like if the fibers were some kind of IR absorbing material and they were sprayed on to a uniform. Durability might be an issue, but Fabrican says the fabric is strong enough to be removed and washed after it sets up. This might not replace your concealment kit, but it might make a decent addition to a bailout bag someday.
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Hot off last week’s press: The Air Force is poised to adopt MultiCam, or as the DoD calls it Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern. We were out with the JTACs earlier this year up in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, where they were doing everything they could to blend in with not only their surroundings but also their host Army unit. It seemed ridiculous at the time that AF warriors had to worry about getting in trouble for wearing MultiCam, but that’s how it was.
Regardless of what the pattern is, it seems obvious that anything that looks different is going to stand out. The idea of terrain and geographically chosen camo patterns makes far more sense than a service specific camo that speaks more to the service’s commitment to its branding efforts than actual tactical advantage. I’m glad to see the AF coming around on this one.
Air Force Statement regarding Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage pattern:
8/24/2010 – WASHINGTON — “We are committed to equipping Airmen with the most advanced capabilities available at the earliest time possible,” Air Force officials said Aug. 24. “Based on feedback from Airmen, we believe the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP) provides advanced protection to servicemembers while operating outside the wire in Afghanistan. Army (officials), while beginning an aggressive fielding schedule, (are) working with Air Force (officials) to support developing a long-term joint fielding strategy later this year.”
via: AF.mil
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If it weren’t for the ACU 3-Day Assault packs some of these soldiers are wearing, you’d never see them from 100 meters in this terrain if they stop moving. 2-12 INF has a mixture of MultiCam and UCP equipment. Just about everyone has MultiCam ACUs, but many of them have a mixture of MultiCam or UCP packs, UCP MBAV-A plate carriers and UCP MOLLE pouches.
Read MoreSoldiersystems.net is reporting Gen. George Casey’s approval of a plan for the immediate fielding of MultiCam to soldiers in Operation Enduring Freedom. We haven’t yet gotten the official word but have no reason to doubt the report after confirming it with our own sources. We expect an announcement from the Army shortly.
UPDATE: This one is going all the way to the Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John McHugh, for approval. So even though General Casey has signed off on the recommendation, the fat lady hasn’t sung yet. We hope to have the final word tomorrow.
I wonder why the Secretary of the Army is weighing in? I don’t know if it’s a rubber-stamp sort of thing, but it seems like the chief’s signature would normally be enough to approve a uniform regulation. Perhaps it’s a play to put some political capital behind the request. The Army will need it if it goes up to the Hill to ask for help funding the camo change introduced by the recently deceased Rep. John Murtha.
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Someone posted this update to PEO Soldier’s Twitter feed via a mobile phone text message. I wonder if this was a meant for another recipient since all other posts to PEOSoldier’s account were made either from Twitter’s Web site or an iPhone application.
The latest (as of last night) we’ve heard is that Gen. Casey is now mulling it over.
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