USAF "BLUE CAMO"

[mover1]

http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil/pa/AETCNS/Mar2004/032204110.htm

I saw thins and I had to snicker. The USAF should have looked north of the border for once and looked at our Airforce who went "BLUE" in the mid 90's. Lesson Learned we all now wear CAD PAT.

Reading a little further,  the "BLUE CAMO" they tested failed and they are now trying to test an equally garish pattern.

http://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/military_jokes_2004630.asp

Here is a good joke on the subject

http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=231&page=2

And in here you can find pictures of what they finally came up with.
WHO DESIGNED THIS CRAP?!?!?

 

[Big Foot]

Wow, what are they thinking? Not only does it look horrible, its a waste of money. Why can't they just wear MARPAT or something?

 

[Infanteer]

I'm still trying to figure out why one would wear a camouflage uniform if it was blue?

 

[48Highlander]

so when you're falling out of the sky, nobody will see you untill you hit the ground.

 

[kyleg]

It's so they blend in with their planes, duh. Or maybe the US is just on a new-uniform craze after seeing the effectiveness of CADPAT.

 

[fleeingjam]

That uniform is almost as ridiculous as that new movie called Stealth.

 

[canadianblue]

I just saw that uniform, and if I saw somebody walking down the street with it on I would think that its just some tourist with a hawaiian shirt and matching pants. Thats my own opinion on it.

 

[Infanteer]

As well, Tomahawk brought up an interesting point one time about the fact that enemy observers will be able to better identify who and what is in the region if the four services each have separate tactical uniforms.

This is an example of Service parochialism at its worst - thankfully, the Unification of the CF has allowed us to avoid it, but Service pull still exists enough to justify blue shirts and slip-ons....

 

[McG]

I'm still trying to figure out why one would wear a camouflage uniform if it was blue?

Perceived LCF.

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

Perceived LCF.

Emphasis on "percieved"

 

[muskrat89]

I'm wondering why we're spending this much energy debating another country's uniform???  What possible difference could it make to a Canadian soldier who spends how much on what - in another country?  ???

 

[Gunner]

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I'm wondering why we're spending this much energy debating another country's uniform???  What possible difference could it make to a Canadian soldier who spends how much on what - in another country? 

I think the concern is our AF will see the US in it and, like lemmings, begin to clamour for a uniform that is distinct from the army.  One of the Bangladesh Officers I worked with in the UN wore blue camo in the jungle head every day with him on patrol.  I never had to worry about who might be caught by the rebels!  ;D

 

[BDTyre]

The new USAF uniform looks like it came straight out of a surplus store.  Ever seen the pattern "midnight tiger stripe?"  Looks quite like that, actually.

 

[mover1]

I just started it up to show how dorky it looked and that we were not so bad after all.

 

[Gunner]

Just so you don't think I am making this up...

 

[mover1]

Funny!

 

[Slim]

I must say that Bangladeshi cam really works...not.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

wow. I'm not even a soldier yet, and i can say i wouldn't want to walk behind him on patrol.

 

[Pea]

I hate to say it, but that blue camo sort of looks like something I wore in girl guides.

 

[Slim]

I hate to say it, but that blue camo sort of looks like something I wore in girl guides.

Bet the GG uniform was more practical than that travesty!

If you (a nation) wish to develop a tactical uniform for military use there's nothing wrong with that, however...The above uniform deos not blend into anything where that soldier is standing.

That uniform program needs to be rethought.

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