My ex-wife used to call them pajamas. "Hey i washed your jammies". Nothing makes a man feel more badass than coming home from a 15 month tour and stepping off a C130 in "jammies".
@TheOmelette
Жыл бұрын
This. This is omelettes new favourite comment
@maxk4324
Жыл бұрын
@@TheOmelettemax is confused why are talking in the third person
@ironwill2496
Жыл бұрын
Idk if this is emasculating or wholesome?
@keashaneverts4452
Жыл бұрын
@@maxk4324 max. Something tells a radom man somewhere that Max...understands the waë.
@joaquinbaca1880
Жыл бұрын
@TheOmelette it's scp j -25 the reality bending omelet containment in progress
@unlisted5152
Жыл бұрын
The marines have it figured out. Coyote on every piece of equipment, then it’s a simple uniform adjustment
@IntusMortuum
Жыл бұрын
Means we don't need 2 of everything as well 😂 can't afford it
@Pencilvester-u2t
Жыл бұрын
Coyote and marpat
@isiahyllan5377
Жыл бұрын
ruins the purpose of camouflage when you have your center mass one solid color.
@IntusMortuum
Жыл бұрын
@Isiah Yllan Still works great, been in 29 Palms for 4+ years now and done almost 30 ITXs and Marines uniforms, solid color and all, blend into the Desert amazingly, can't speak on a wooded environment but from my time in Pendelton there were no issues. Marines arent meant to be sneaking around like some sniper in the movies anyway lol. They are Frontline infantry
@unlisted5152
Жыл бұрын
@@isiahyllan5377 I used to be of the same mindset, then the army changed the uniform for the second time in 20 years and I saw my troops wearing UCP gear over OCP uniforms. Solid coyote blends far better than mixed camo and believe it or not, it doesn’t ruin the camouflage.
@DaniotheManio5
Жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the blue Navy ones. Looks cool and badass until an overboard sailor is perfectly camouflaged with the waves.
@LordNinja109
Жыл бұрын
Granted, the new green ones aren't any better for that.
@nimravus01
Жыл бұрын
I'm probably in the minority here, but I liked the blue cammo. The overboard thing is mostly a non-issue. Also, the coverall uniform worn while underway is dark blue too.
@titus142
Жыл бұрын
eh, they weren't worn underway. At least they were colors that made sense in the context of "Branding" because, yah thats a thing for some reason. But mainly, it was all the colors of paint, and grease. Hid stains really well.
@DavidLLambertmobile
Жыл бұрын
Smurfberries
@nikolakaravida9670
Жыл бұрын
Eh unless what you're wearing is some bright fluorescent color, it doesn't matter what uniform you're wearing, you just hope someone spots your floating head.
@krullachief669
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping for that famous picture of that couch. It's the only thing it ever blended in with
@drd675
Жыл бұрын
Apparently the dudes in Northern Afghanistan said it did okay in the shale rock of the mountains there. In Iraq, they looked kind of blue at night and made you stand out
@SilverSlugVideos
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, after about 2 months in that desert sun, they get really light and faded from being sun bleached and then against gravel and granite, it's a pretty good camo. Just poorly executed. And of course everybody complained about it. It also didn't help with the culture of the military of SNCOs yapping at "unkempt" uniforms and telling people to go buy brand new ones to "look professional". Completely missing the point that your worn-in, sunbleached uniform is actually much better fit for operations.
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
I was in a fort drum motor pool and decided to lay down on the gravel with my boots in the sand. I blended in perfectly. I also once fell over in a snow drift and with my boots sticking out. It also blended in perfectly because my boots look like just more trash... Seriously the postwide police calls after the snow thawed were truly horrendous.
@ericfeldkamp3788
Жыл бұрын
Mossy old concrete walls. Spent ages looking for an assault pack that was in plain view resting against an old wall in Korea.
@steezydan8543
Жыл бұрын
@@Deridus were there dozens of privates who got lost in the snow drifts? Just a field full of FNGs who forgot their battle buddy
@counterfeit6089
Жыл бұрын
The really sad part is that somehow UCP was chosen instead of THE actual pattern that would end up replacing it anyway
@austink4623
Жыл бұрын
The actual pattern was digital multi cam. OCP is enlarged multi cam
@counterfeit6089
Жыл бұрын
@ThePineApple68 Multicam is a commercial variation of Scorpion which was the pattern that lost to UCP. Scorpion was eventually reused with very little changes as OCP. It was never a digital pattern.
@jic1
Жыл бұрын
@@counterfeit6089 Yes, I believe the only difference between the Scorpion pattern from the original trials and the version that became OCP was that they tweaked the colors to make it a little more like Multicam.
@ericfeldkamp3788
Жыл бұрын
UCP lost the competition but brass thought potential recruits would like the digital look more.
@ericfeldkamp3788
Жыл бұрын
@@jic1 they took the multicam pattern and added a "vertical element" which is a thin line of dark blobs.
@jic1
Жыл бұрын
'Then in a few years time, let's be forced by Congress to adopt the far superior pattern we rejected, which after further development by its creators will become a family of camouflage patterns used worldwide.' 'Why don't we just adopt it now? We already own the rights to it.' 'How should I know? I'm both drunk and high.' 'Yeah, me too.'
@gsleazy1975
Жыл бұрын
Everything said in an experiment facility ever
@spentcasing3990
Жыл бұрын
You mean the pattern you guys use that was adopted from the Canadian Cadpat we developed 1st in the late 90's ?
@jic1
Жыл бұрын
@@spentcasing3990 Scorpion/OCP is nothing remotely like CADPAT. It isn't even a digital pattern.
@BronzeCactusorBronzeCaktus
2 ай бұрын
@jic1 Scorpion is not a great camouflage. It came third in the 2002-2004 camouflage trials, the pattern that should have been issued was Desert All-Over brush, woodland track mod came second, woodland scorpion third; somehow someone circumvented the regular process and took the colours that worked in every environment (not together) and put them onto a proven effective print screen (CADPAT, and its child, MARPAT) and shipped that without any testing. The army did testing concluding in 2012 (shortly before the vote by congress) where Scorpion w2 was barely 5th, and Multicam was somewhere out of 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. 1st was either Kyrptek (very unlikely, I suspect they came 4th), Brookwood (possible, I suspect they came 3rd or 2nd) and US4CES (which I suspect came 1st or 2nd) putting mulitcam at a suspected 3rd or 2nd
@Tinman-1
Жыл бұрын
The little teddy bears in the gift shop I’m rolling 😂
@jabber1990
Жыл бұрын
now to be fair....that wasn't a bad idea
@glittergamer765
Жыл бұрын
I had one 😅
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
I got one for my 1st sergeant as a white elephant gift. I happened to know that he kept it on his desk when he got back stateside. It just goes to show that no matter how hard someone can appear on the outside, they really are just teddy bears on the inside.
@OldNavajoTricks
Жыл бұрын
Squee team 6. I would buy the gnarled and scarred eyepatch wearing badass Major smoking a cigar and name him Captain Cootchkins 😂
@esilva8349
Жыл бұрын
I had one of those tiny teddy bears. I think I still have it somewhere in the basement. Can't remember where I got mine, it was close to 20 years ago. I haven't thought about it in years but once I heard that, I could see it clear as day. I put a G.I. Joe boonie hat and dog tags on it with the toy M16 around it's arms. It was a teddy bear tough enough for service. Just a side note, the camo pattern works well at a distance to blend into the environment, but at close range it doesn't do much.
@curious1053
Жыл бұрын
I remember some of us traded a pair of ACUs for summer or winter BDUs. 2005 was an interesting year because we could wear either uniform at our company.
@drd675
Жыл бұрын
Yea, those early years had a lot of leeway. DCU and UCP was seen a lot. Even saw Chocolate Chip, but that was PMC dudes
@mantis_toboggan_md
Жыл бұрын
I remember some people wearing it even when I got in in 2008, but I'm not sure how or why.
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
The little blue book that 10th Mountain soldiers had to have on themselves in 2011 said that you could still wear those uniforms... Just goes to show that the military never bothers to actually update their stuff in a timely fashion.
@Seongbin99
Жыл бұрын
@@mantis_toboggan_md Mabye its cold weather parka
@mantis_toboggan_md
Жыл бұрын
@@Seongbin99 Nah, full BDUs.
@Ramtech-117
Жыл бұрын
Edit: 36B as in Finance tech. Also, Vaults. That is all 👍🏽 I was a 36B when i was still in the Army, the Sfc i was under HAAAAATED the pattern but also found it hilarious because it would blend in perfectly with a pile of money. 😂
@gojira2055
Жыл бұрын
When did you guys run into a pile of money????
@jonathanwells223
Жыл бұрын
@@gojira2055 in terrorist bunkers, quite often actually
@nerosteel1452
Жыл бұрын
@Gojira when busting out a terrorist bunker or drug cartel hideout, one may find the task very demanding and want to take a small nap on a pallet of cash without the higher ups knowing./s
@longbow6416
Жыл бұрын
It literally looks like shredded money. I think it was an inside joke to the DOD
@ukkomies100
Жыл бұрын
What does this have to do with cup size
@michaelw2263
Жыл бұрын
I remember being issued the ACU pattern shit back in 08. I thought it was cool for about a day and then I saw how awful it was in the back woods of Benning and Bragg. I think it worked if you squinted really hard and were like 1000m away in Afghanistan....
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
If there is ever a second american civil war i'm pretty sure every single soldier on either side would be more than happy to storm sand hill and vent their frustration on 30th AG. Might actually end the war by dint of a truly unifying moment.
@michaelw2263
Жыл бұрын
@@Deridus If I ever find myself back at sand hill, I would hope something has gone very wrong. But You're right, all of us being on sand hill would unite us from our mutual hate lol
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelw2263 I find this to be very heart warming.
@brandonlme4121
Жыл бұрын
Now Ft. Benning doesnt exist anymore. Welcome to Ft. Moore!!!
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
@@brandonlme4121 Excelent! Somehow I missed that they actually renamed it. This is very good news. Thank you.
@Soitisisit
Жыл бұрын
I'm really sold on the character of Pvt. Jenkins. He's so happy to show off his new camo. And despite it being literally the same guy as the other characters, he somehow looks like he just got out of ROTC and hasn't even made it to Boot Camp.
@tinasroom5002
Жыл бұрын
Little did he know what was to come
@lavasharkandboygirl9716
Жыл бұрын
He’s a better actor than every person to ever play a soldier on TV
@JS-fz8iu
Жыл бұрын
My favorite part about UCP is that it was specifically the color palette, not the pattern, that made people stand out more in the desert.
@isaacfreeman8860
Жыл бұрын
The super genius general they sent to go pick a pattern grabbed that shit off the shits and giggles fabric table and the designers told him it wasn't one of the three that were available to be chosen (one of the 3 being multicam/ocp) and he said, BUT ITS GOT PIXELS LIKE THE CANADIANS! ME WANT! So that guy fucked all of us for ego
@fraziercrawford
Жыл бұрын
Please tell me that some asshat didn't actually pick the control/contrast option 😭
@austink4623
Жыл бұрын
The multi cam one was digital. Its ucp was just made by a company someone up there had there pockets in or something like that
@jic1
Жыл бұрын
@@austink4623 The one was later developed into Multicam was called Scorpion, and it wasn't digital.
@obsidiancrow450
Жыл бұрын
They fucked it up so bad that congress just sets in stone the uniforms.
@Nein1ron
Жыл бұрын
Digital camo works, if the colors aren’t garbage.
@owenhammond1880
Жыл бұрын
"Sir our men will be completely Camouflaged." "Okay then what are we attacking?" "A Senior Citizens Home Sir."
@wyatt6721
Жыл бұрын
I liked the slightly pinkish ACUs issued to mitigate the "woops ACUs melted to your skin" feature
@theangrymilitant
Жыл бұрын
The WHAT?!
@partyrobbins4690
Жыл бұрын
@@theangrymilitant It's the fucked up version of captain crunch "whoops all berries" But instead it's "Whoops sir, all those soldiers in that burning lmtv had their clothes melted to their skin and died."
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
We were issued a specific set of fire retardant uniforms that looked slightly pink because of the treatment. FUN FACT: We were not allowed to wear them CONUS.
@wyatt6721
Жыл бұрын
@@Deridus those were the ones!
@zaccronin2953
Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for a cut panel with the French dude from Sponge Bob saying “20 years later”. Ngl would have been epic
@supremegentlemanfounderadl6620
Жыл бұрын
Insurgent snipers were probably very confused by this choice
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
Then watching those self same insurgents wearing our stuff about ten minutes after we left... Is very strange. Is very very strange.
@8.bit_gun340
Жыл бұрын
DCU tricolor is one of the best camouflage patterns developed by the U.S since the adoption of multicam . Change my mind.
@ssww3
Жыл бұрын
I'd say dcu and m81 still beats ocp and ucp
@8.bit_gun340
Жыл бұрын
@@ssww3 hell yeah coffee stain for the win
@DrillPreacher
Жыл бұрын
I seriously wonder what was going on in their heads when they designed this. Like this could be a good topic of scholarship 😂
@charlesadams41
Жыл бұрын
It's probably something along the lines of former generals in lucrative defense corporations who convince current generals / decision-makers to choose certain products with the 'promise' of lucrative jobs in defense corporations post retirement.
@DrillPreacher
Жыл бұрын
@@charlesadams41 given that it was during the Bush Jr administration, that would make a lot of sense
@VLAPredz
Жыл бұрын
The pattern was digital because the Marines Pattern was Digital. The color combinations were at least 60% effective in all environments. Urban, Woodland, Grassland, Jungle, Arid/Desert, Alpine/Snow. The idea was replace all special uniforms with a 1 size fits all approach. The problem is 60% effective in an environment against something that is say 80-90% effective makes you stick out alot.
@DrillPreacher
Жыл бұрын
@@VLAPredz yeah, I’m Canadian and the Marines ripped off our CADPAT 😂
@mackenzieblair8135
Жыл бұрын
They spent a lot of money to do research on different patterns and proceeded to throw all that out and go with ACU.
@rodneytrotter3581
Жыл бұрын
guy sounds like hecould do awesome duke nukem impressions
@bug5654
Жыл бұрын
"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum." --onexpunchxdad, probably.
@Menuki
Жыл бұрын
From what I understood, it was a reaction to the Yugoslav wars. The theory was a camo pattern that could perform in forest as well as urban rubble, hence the pixel pattern and more on the grey scale
@hardcorecollectibles
Жыл бұрын
This shit was too accurate!😂
@beefboi3583
Жыл бұрын
Three sides to camo: The good, bad, and ewwwwww.
@Seongbin99
Жыл бұрын
UCP camo is very good for urban,cold weather fall, snowy, arid and mountain terrains. It is a Unique pattern for sure, it blends into places where other camos just wont.
@jic1
Жыл бұрын
Which is fine, but it was supposed to be a *universal* pattern.
@rondoe6597
Жыл бұрын
The complete opposite of the desert
@foosmonkey
Жыл бұрын
I’m a civilian, but I always noticed that when people wear it in the city especially in winter, it actually does a decent job. It blends in well with dirty snow and concrete.
@uberdan08
Жыл бұрын
Sorry bro. Maybe urban and thats really it
@coryspang7548
Жыл бұрын
I adored the digital camo. Looked so cool. Anytime I met an army or marine, I always told them that I loved the camo. I still genuinely love it. It was my generation of camo. I will miss it.
@Grizzbit
Жыл бұрын
“You look like on that show cops when they blur the faces out” is so perfect
@ineedapharmists
Жыл бұрын
Say what you will about the ACU, you didn't have to press them (or melt fishing lines to make them look press) and you didnt have to shine your boats every night.
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
The fact that all I had to do was throw them in the wash was really nice. That said, I was not a particularly good soldier. Never really appreciated drill and ceremony. Considering how poorly the United States Army marches, it is just as well that our uniforms looked like trash.
@rybaneightsix5085
Жыл бұрын
This man's gestures and expressions deserve the metal of honor.
@Tim_Tomorrow
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, Chief! You got a carry permit for that chin? That's dangerous!
@sheep3866
Жыл бұрын
They could've won if they simply had the balls to ship a bunch of couches to Afghanistan.
@camerongunn7906
Жыл бұрын
To its credit, the ACU pattern was really good at night. Especially if you were looking for someone in night vision.
@goofiestmold3151
Жыл бұрын
You could literally wear like half the shit at bass pro and be good at dealing with night vision 😭
@aaroniousairlines9087
9 ай бұрын
@@goofiestmold3151 Instructions unclear, currently trying to clean laffy taffy off of my plate carrier
@rhphoenix5
Жыл бұрын
The guy who introduced this def has a dirty barracks room
@roadhouse6999
Жыл бұрын
I've heard two somewhat legitimate defenses of UCP, though I can't say how true they are: 1. It was intended for IFF and not camouflage, just because friendly fire had often been almost as big of a problem as the enemy in other asymmetric wars 2. It was intended to be dyed before deployment depending on the environment.
@fraziercrawford
Жыл бұрын
So is IFF like, you're expecting to engage and it's more important you have easy friendly visuals than camouflage? I guess I kinda get that
@aaron6268
Жыл бұрын
Then said it was too expensive to dye.
@rupvictoria3017
Жыл бұрын
when the Air Force first introduced the Airman Battle Uniforms or ABUs back in the early 2000’s 😊😂
@Deridus
Жыл бұрын
I always thought that the army's black beret was just trash but then I remember that the air force also had one and they looked even worse.
@cabledad65
Жыл бұрын
I remember when they intro'd that uniform and people immediately compared it to the army ACUs. There was also an article in one of the military newspapers about it and an AF Gen said, "concealment properties was not a consideration when selecting the pattern". They just wanted something unique since everyone else was getting new uniforms.
@joshiles
11 ай бұрын
I do have to give the AF credit for staying away from the velcro & just “upgrading” the BDU/DCU & having pockets that worked. That color scheme though 😂
@SchlopFlopper
2 ай бұрын
@@joshilesit was a bit more green than UCP. Also a Digital Tigerstripe
@joshring9710
Жыл бұрын
First time i ever spit anything out laughing is the moment he showed the couch and its fatass lips. 😂
@NascarF1_driver
Жыл бұрын
Fr🤣🤣💀
@LuiBC3
Жыл бұрын
The synchronization of his hand closing when he said decisive victory and the zoom in is sneaky hilarious
@darrianweathington1923
Жыл бұрын
Bright tan and slightly brown sand desert.. Let's use dark greenish grey digital camouflage for the desert!
@Cavediver762
Жыл бұрын
When he said “digical” I lost it. I knew a guy who always pronounced digital that way and this brought me back. Thanks
@RMmilitarymiscellany
Жыл бұрын
Deep ACU lore.
@abrambfarms8365
Жыл бұрын
Brother, I split my side laughing every time you make one of these video shorts! You are frickin hilarious 🤣😂
@Thoroughly_Wet
Жыл бұрын
Good Camoflage: meant to break up the right angles and outline of a person or object. Digital camo: hey lets fill it with right angles and outlines!
@LordNinja109
Жыл бұрын
When properly used, digital is an incredibly effective micro and macro based pattern. The ACU just had horrendous colors for any sort of pattern.
@aaron6268
Жыл бұрын
Let's face it, most of you are going on sanitized deployments.
@LordNinja109
Жыл бұрын
@@aaron6268 "Watch out everyone, we have a vet here!" "See? Nobody cares"
@aaron6268
Жыл бұрын
@@LordNinja109 isn't that concerning tho, oh well, my life won't change.
@Thoroughly_Wet
Жыл бұрын
@@aaron6268 never claimed to be in the military.
@johnbrown8570
10 ай бұрын
Lmao the smiling “I’m right here sir!” Cracks me up. So proud of himself.
@Kokoda144
Жыл бұрын
Woah woah woah! Where did he go?
@ObservingLibertarian
Жыл бұрын
The sad part is that in reality it was even worse: there was a full military trial and testing of multiple different camo patterns - and the digicam literally performed the worst of all entries: yet was still chosen!
@Bullman1348Lox
Жыл бұрын
biggest mistake ever made
@karoshi42
Жыл бұрын
The little squint Jenkens did sent me over the edge
@jamesalvarez890
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely lost it when JENKINS walked in and saluted 😂
@MoistNuggeteer
Жыл бұрын
UCP did blend in very remarkably well with the rock formations in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. And just about nowhere else on Earth.
@raywilcox1
Жыл бұрын
I was in iraq with DCU when the unit that came to replace us appeared in this. We nearly died laughing when the velcro patches were moving from one soldier to another when shooting close to each other. I hated this look but loved that i didn't need to iron them!
@ObservationofLimits
Жыл бұрын
It really is crazy how well digis fit into fuckin upholstery patterns but not wilderness patterns
@berniebroig8745
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your bit of history! Also, I'm sorry, I can't get over the morphing filter and how it shows so clearly on the wall.
@RivetHead999
Жыл бұрын
We were at an LZ in Iraq, all gravel, and it started to drizzle a bit. My helmet was in the ground next to me, and as our bird was inbound we got ready to go. I couldn’t find my helmet for what felt like forever. This convinced me that some general landed at an LZ, got off the bird, looked at all the gravel and said “huh, so this is the Middle East. Ok, new camo idea” and headed back to the states. Because aside from your grandmas couch, the uniform only works with gravel. Or, if you roll around in the dirt a bunch it helps, but then they won’t let you into the DFAC, which we would always arrive 15 min before closing, so no time to change
@trustee7327
Жыл бұрын
I don’t get how the fickle duo the digital pattern so much when the Marines managed to make it look good on two different color schemes.
@jedstanaland2897
Жыл бұрын
During the initial process of testing the digicami patterns they found that certain patterns when moving would make people start vomiting uncontrollably especially if they hadn't been exposed to it before or for a long enough time. They altered the patterns to prevent that problem. The problem was something similar to the vomit inducing light flashing patterns and laser patterns. This all works on the principle that your brain can't resolve wether or not you are moving or stationary and the direction of your movement. It's not effective on everyone regardless of wether or not they have good eyesight or motion sensitivity but purely based upon if the visual input can get mismatched from the inner ear and other inputs sufficiently to make the brain go into freak out mode and think you are sick or something like that.
@lucusceballos181
Жыл бұрын
If I’m not mistaken originally the design was supposed to be easily stained so you could smear whatever mud, foliage or dirt on yourself to blend in with your environment, problem with that is in garrison it obviously can’t be presented like that when you’re just police calling or sitting outside the platoon office.
@colin._.wright
10 ай бұрын
The fact the uniform actually blended in with the couch 😂 I didn’t even know it was there at first
@scribbles7204
Жыл бұрын
Anyone who is curious. ACU pattern was developed as a way to camouflage and defeat night vision devices. The Pentagon got hyped up on this new tech and really wanted a way to beat it, that they completely threw out the first principle of camo, defeating the naked eye.
@wormsdonthaveeyes2888
7 ай бұрын
I love how they went through a whole testing process, selected All Over Brush after testing it in a wide variety of environments, and then just decided that shittily re-colored MARPAT looks cooler.
@Triangle26
Жыл бұрын
These shorts are hilarious, but the thing that’s even funnier to me is imagining that he is filming these during the duty day. A chief has to stay busy somehow!
@TheGameMage_
Жыл бұрын
I remember Mikeburnfire talking about how much he hated that Camo. Talked about how soldiers would let it get dirty so it would actually do the job that Camouflage is supposed to do. Since it apparently made you more likely to be shot since it was so bad at being what it's supposed to be. Yeah another reason added to why I don't ever want to join the military, General Overall Incompetence of Leadership that gets people needlessly killed and no one held accountable.
@cripplers8
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen guys dye em green & it does give it some life for the summer in the woods 😊
@danielalex6659
10 ай бұрын
Its amazing how some west point grad thought: " the most natural pattern in nature that we can use to hide our boys from enemy fire is....... thousands upon thousands of right angles. Right angle is the most naturally occuring eye pattern in nature.
@timothyedge6100
Жыл бұрын
Like the M65 style field jacket. Mine gets out in the drum winter here and there still
@TheBurningFury
Жыл бұрын
I love your videos and I'm not even in the military, keep em coming!
@latrinedveen
Жыл бұрын
the way you said "Outstanding!" reminded me of my vietnam vet grandpa haha it was perfect
@BigT2664
10 ай бұрын
I always thought they looked gray instead of sage green. When they first came out we called them German Airborn uniforms. When the sagebrush of the intermountain West is in bloom, they blend right in. And they stick out the remaining 49 weeks of the year. So quite useful between the Rockies and the Cascades / Sierra Nevadas for about three weeks! 👍
@jthablaidd
Жыл бұрын
“We need camouflage for the desert. Let’s throw together as many non-desert colors as possible”
@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames
Жыл бұрын
I won't lie, I do like some digital camo look but being pretty makes everyone more noticeable.
@patknights1492
Жыл бұрын
One of the deciding factors was focus groups of potential recruits thought it looked really cool.
@TeamWinnieRacing
Жыл бұрын
The “it’s not like we’re going to spend 20 years there” got me good lol
@anonymousm9113
Жыл бұрын
"Let's get it on everything..." That's when the Army began catering to the defense industry in earnest. I know there were probably some other earlier pieces of gear, but the LBV I was issued in the 101st was the first mainstream Woodland pattern piece of non-uniform kit widely issued (besides, of course, the helmet cover). Most gear was Olive Drab, as it had been in various shades since the 1950s or so. MOLLE came around and suddenly everything from rucks to grenade pouches are camo. UCP comes out and we're cursed with the infernal gray, I mean Sage Green, I mean Foliage Green pixel pattern on everything from mag pouches to maternity pants. After a few years, Woodland and Desert MOLLE is declared obsolete and UCP reigns supreme...until Multicam and later OCP are adopted. The camo debacle was bad enough, but we should have gone with a Coyote Brown or even Desert Tan for equipment. In short, my dad wore gear in the '50s I could still get by wearing in the early '00s. In just over two decades, Olive Drab, Woodland, Desert, and now UCP were retired in favor of the latest and greatest camo pattern, which coincidentally requires us to turn in all of our "legacy" gear each time.
@giovanninaranjo1421
Жыл бұрын
Those little teddy bears in the gift shop 🤣🤣
@Chucketh
Жыл бұрын
"It's not like we'll be there for the next 20 years"....had me rolling...damnit.
@Warvvolf
Жыл бұрын
5 billion dollars later... Multicam is so expensive, we'll make our own version.
@Minal_Aurapine
Жыл бұрын
Marpat is legit goated. Especially the deserts
@projectmayham846
Жыл бұрын
They literally have a slight glow in the dead of night when it's dark as shit
@tomdairy4305
Жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is this was probably the actual conversation
@KrakenPines
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. This was the greatest short 😭 love the channel!
@cabledad65
Жыл бұрын
The funny thing about the ACU pattern was that during the selection process, the Army also had the OCP pattern (scorpion) for consideration. They rejected Scorpion in favor of ACU for some unknown reason. SF apparently refused to wear ACU and selected Multicam/Scorpion for their missions. It wasn't until Congress forced the Army to reopen the selection that Scorpion (OCP) was finally chosen.
@cliftonjames785
Жыл бұрын
I know I am definitely the only one who thinks the pattern looks cool. Ive always loved this camo lol
@ssww3
Жыл бұрын
Same here
@ossian108
11 ай бұрын
The woodland wearing guy sounds like Big Boss in Metal Gear.
@kerbalairforce8802
Жыл бұрын
When the USAF adopted the ABU, the brass specifically said that they didn't want it to blend in, but to stand out...
@DiemosT113
Жыл бұрын
This was way funnier then I thought i5 would end up being😂
@bdr518
Жыл бұрын
They blended in perfectly with the rock that was laid down in every parking lot on the fob though
@RebelFNOS
Жыл бұрын
The prototypes that we're being tested before UCP was suddenly introduced were not only better but actually pretty cool too... UCP is only really good on that one couch also its surprisingly good on gravel... which makes you wonder what they had potentially been thinking of when they adopted UCP
@chrislocke9852
Жыл бұрын
😂😂 I kinda liked the ACUs as a new private in 09 but once we got the "multicam" for deployment I fell in love
@purgeutopia8696
Жыл бұрын
Somewhere out in the wasteland of fallout a cynical veteran firearms repairsman is screaming into the infinite void while his buddy with a hat is just happy to be there.
@Belltone
Жыл бұрын
I still like the OD green. They can come up with camouflage for being down range but OD works better everywhere else.
@v1760side
Жыл бұрын
**Plot Twist** This was implemented so soldiers would stop losing so many gosh darn teddy bears
@mr.shameless1886
Жыл бұрын
the way he said "eh, its not like were gonna be spending 20 years over there. hehehehehe" felt like i was slammed with Foreshadowing
@ClaytonQ45
11 ай бұрын
Flopped down after a tiring day and the couch said "OOOF, OW!"
@jenniferhiemstra5228
Жыл бұрын
This is the epitome of “still too soon” but maaannnn I cackled anyway and I probably shouldn’t have 😅
@donaldalexandre2641
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, someone got paid for that mess. I missed my DCUs so bad during those deployments.
@Quickpatch12
Жыл бұрын
I heard about how this happened, it started with the Marines finding out that Canada made a very effective camouflage and wanted it, but Canada patented it so they made their own. he Army found out and wanted the camouflage the Marines were using, but the Marines patented it, so the Army made that.
@Apoc_Bone_Daddy
Жыл бұрын
74D my unit still had these even after most of big army switched over to the new pattern
@OfficialNakatsuMegami
Жыл бұрын
I preferred the 6 color chocolate chips which had just been phased out over the 3 color dessert BDU's in the mid 90's. The new digital is pure barf material.
@willzone0295
Жыл бұрын
Can't beat the first and best digital camo, CADPAT.
@SeeYouRyu2032
Жыл бұрын
The people in charge of the decision to change were told it would be 1$ cheaper to change the pattern to digital. They never looked back
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