The Army is weighing different camouflage patterns as it moves to select a new set of uniforms. The older Universal Camouflage Pattern has been criticized as ineffective, and some soldiers see the ...

The Army is replacing its Universal Camouflage Pattern with Scorpion, a pattern similar to MultiCam developed around 2002.,The Army is quietly putting the word out to commands that it is replacing ...

The U.S. Army is quietly putting the word out to commands that it is replacing its current Universal Camouflage Pattern with a pattern the service has owned for more than a decade. The Army's ...

The Army is seeking to over-dye existing Modular Lightweight Load carrying Equipment and Improved Outer Tactical Vests that are the digital Universal Camouflage Pattern to create a darker color ...

The strong language, if approved as part of the 2014 NDAA, could prove to be major setback for the Army's multi-year effort to replace its embattled Universal Camouflage Pattern.

The Army has axed "digital" camouflage, bringing an end to a uniform many soldiers loathed. Its last day on duty was Tuesday. Officially termed the Universal Camouflage Pattern, the distinctive ...

In 2009, after Soldier feedback revealed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) in Afghanistan, Secretary of the Army Peter Geren approved the execution of ...

Universal Camouflage Pattern will be worn on post or during training, and not for operations. The pattern fell out of favor when the greenish-gray, digitized pattern proved inferior to other ...

The UCP (Universal Camouflage Pattern) adopted by the army in Afghanistan proved a huge mistake, as its lack of brown hues made soldiers stand out starkly in the mostly desert backgrounds.

But their organizational clothing and individual equipment, or OCIE, such as their wet-weather gear and their Extended Cold Weather Clothing System sport the Universal Camouflage Pattern, or UCP.

In 2002, the U.S. military had just two kinds of camouflage uniforms. One was green, for the woods. The other was brown, for the desert. Then things got strange. Today, there is one camouflage ...