The UCP uniform, introduced in 2004, long faced criticism for its failure to blend in where it counted. "Standard-issue uniforms come instead in a pixelated marble of gray and khaki, as if they ...

The Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) was first released for sale in 2015, replacing the Army Combat Uniform's (ACU) Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), which had last been updated in 2005 ...

The arm patch on the uniform of the man in the photo appears similar to that of the 173rd Airborne and does not resemble the insignia of Cotton’s division, the 101st Airborne.

Paratroopers of the famed 173rd Airborne Brigade -- past and present -- came together for a historic jump on 19 July in Frederick, OK. All were combat veterans from Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan ...

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 ...

As eight C-130 Hercules transports slowed to 130 knots at just 800 feet above the ground, more than 700 U.S. and German paratroopers jumped from the aircraft, living up to the embroidered wings on ...

When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, who served ...

U.S. paratroopers had a liquid drop zone this week, with Lake Garda serving as the latest scene of water airborne operations training for members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Army to announce its new $4 billion camouflage pattern and standard uniform to be worn by its soldiers The current uniform, called the Universal Camouflage Pattern, or UCP, is being phased out The ...

Amid mounting costs -- the UCP cost $5 billion to roll out and the new uniform will cost $4 billion -- critics charge that the Army has wasted both money and time on the uniform issue.

Press Release December 5, 2006 05 December 2006 In the context of its Trade advisory activity, BNP Paribas UAE organized on Tuesday 5 th December a conference on the new version of the Uniform Customs ...