Senate confirms Gen. Eric Smith as Commandant of Marine Corps, 96-0 A camouflage shortage in the Marine Corps will lead to service members wearing less regulated uniforms in the near future.

The Navy went its separate camouflage way beginning in 2006 when it approved a concept for its own desert and woodland uniforms for ground forces. The Navy spent $435,000 on the final design ...

Chuck Lambert, CEO of the uniform’s primary manufacturer, American Apparel Inc., told Marine Corps Times in August 2023 that the shortage happened thanks to inflation and a difficult labor market.

The T-shirt worn under the combat uniform and the belt will shift from Desert Tan colors to Tan 499, which also skews slightly darker, to better complement the pattern.

> Clothing: In this era, the U.S. Army was using the three-color desert camouflage uniform, made from a 50/50 cotton-nylon blend. before switching to the universal camouflage pattern.

The digital desert camouflage the militants are wearing resembles the pattern licensed to the U.S. Marine Corps. It's known as MARPAT, which is short for "Marine Pattern." ...

source GAIA package: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310306100016_5675.zip Origin key: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310306100016 imported at Fri Jan 8 18:18:10 2016 Camo patterns and combat uniforms across the ...

The U.S. Army's top officer says the service is poised to pick a new camouflage pattern for uniforms. The selection comes after tests showed the existing design, a grayish-green digital pattern ...

In 2008, the Navy debuted a new blue, black and gray uniform named Navy Working Uniform Type I. It just had a couple of hiccups: It melted in heat, weighed a ton and was effective camouflage only ...

Army uniform officials launched the service's camouflage effort after Pennsylvania's Democratic Rep. John Murtha, got involved in the issue in 2009. Murtha was then chairman of the House ...

Between 2003 and 2010, the Army spent more than $4 billion developing and producing a new camouflage uniform, the Army Combat Uniform (ACU).