Army unveils new camouflage pattern

Ooohhh goodie goodie! Can't wait to look fab!

Combat uniforms featuring the Army's newest camouflage pattern will be available for sale in the summer of 2015, officials announced Thursday.

The Army is calling its new camo the Operational Camouflage Pattern, though it's been referred to in previous tests as Scorpion W2. The pattern, with a color palette of muted greens, light beige and dark brown, was developed by Army Natick Labs in Massachusetts.

The Army plans to transition to this new camo over time, phasing out the unpopular gray-green Universal Combat Pattern. The Army, in a statement, said a phase-out of the older uniform was "fiscally responsible."

The name "Operational Camouflage Pattern" is intended to emphasize that the pattern's use extends beyond Afghanistan to all combatant commands. It will also be worn in garrison. However, leaders have said it would be just one part of a "family" of camo patterns that will also include a dark jungle-woodland variant and a lighter pattern for desert environs.

 

Pretty cool! Just needs a tad bit more pink.

 

LOTS AND LOTS! Pink is one of my fav colors as well as red and black.

 

This has been going around some news outlets and I guess I find it kind of odd because it's not new. We've been using this camo pattern for a while now. When I enlisted the Army was already working on phasing out the ACU and giving this uniform to soldiers that deploy. But yeah, I've always liked this one better. Not that I don't like my ACU's, but this pattern is a bit nicer and more practical.