CADPAT winter jacket (To be standard issue?)

[Scoobie Newbie]

I just did a tour with CTS and listened and asked some questions.  The army and air force are now (as we have seen) combining certain articles of clothing in order to cut cost and increase production.  By modify certain clothing to an acceptable standard for both they hope to achieve greater production at reduced cost.  Most notably this is seen with the latest issue of cmbts with the buttons covered and will be seen with the wet/heat wear, the gortex rain suit.  They weren't sure as to whether they should forgo the rain pants for the time being and focus on the rain jacket but all of us on the tour told them that should be the focus.  There is also development in the helicopter 2 piece nomex pant/jacket and a correlation to LAV crew suits which will be the same down the road.

 

[BernDawg]

An interesting side note:  I went to clothing stores to draw my intermediate weight ICE pants and was mistakenly issued the hot weather ground crew pants.  The legs zip off to become shorts!  All in CADPAT too!  I had to take them back though because they won't do me any good in Alert.  The Supply Guy told me that they didn't know if the ground crews were going to be allowed to wear them.  Go figure eh?