I wish I were 10% the war fighter of character to storm the beaches of Normandy. Those troops are legends and Iam far from that.
I'm a BDU traditionalist (wore it to the bitter end).
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The experiments tbe Services went through in the 2000s changing our gear **** near every year was horrendous, particularly the Navy.
I am a fan of the Operational Camouflage Pattern that I wore in Afghanistan.
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The BDU obviously is a woodland pattern designed to fight the Soviets in Europe. We developed a desert variant because it sticks out like a sore thumb in the Middle East.
The OCP was compromise it took 30 years to develop.