WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 1, 2010) -- Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will be issued the new "MultiCam" fire-resistant Army Combat Uniform complete with new Mountain Combat Boots and ...

Now the Army has to pay for MultiCam uniforms and equipment for Afghanistan and UCP for everyone else. Now to be fair, no pattern lasts forever. The woodland pattern on the BDU lasted 20 years.

The uniforms with the Army's new operational camouflage pattern — and nine design changes — are on track to start appearing in "exchanges" (stores) July 1.

After years of testing, Army uniform officials are planning to recommend that MultiCam should replace today's pixilated design as the official camouflage pattern the service issues to all soldiers ...

While only Rangers are eligible to wear the MultiCam uniform in garrison, the Army is on track to field uniforms and equipment bearing the new OCP camo in summer 2015, Conway said.

The Army tested several competing patterns including commercial submissions like the popular MultiCam. Army Combat Uniform using the new Operational Camouflage Pattern.

The camouflage pattern for the Army Combat Uniform has since changed at least two times, starting with the Operation Enduring Freedom, or Multicam, pattern in 2010.

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 Army recently announced that soldiers will begin to wear a new version of the Army combat uniform. Colored in a new camouflage called the operational camouflage pattern, this pattern will ...

Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will now go with a new uniform in their mobility bag -- one that fights fire and fleas, and makes them less visible to insurgents.

Different from the current issue Army Combat Uniform, or ACU, the BDU didn't have the slash pockets on the shoulders or the high collar neck and rank insignia was worn on both lapels (for enlisted).

The camouflage pattern will not stand alone among coming changes to the Army Combat Uniform. Joining the camo: a new belt, undershirt and boots. The new personal gear, expected to roll out this ...