The Army will soon start issuing combat uniforms in its new camouflage pattern to deploying soldiers.
“So if you’re deploying to Afghanistan or Iraq and some other places, you’re [going to be] issued that uniform as you’re getting ready to deploy,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno during a virtual town hall with troops at Fort Hood, Texas.
Uniforms bearing the Operational Camouflage Pattern likely will be available at clothing sales in late summer or early fall, Odierno said. The uniforms will become part of the initial clothing issue bags in the fall, he said.
“One thing we learned, we did significant testing, is that pattern is very important in protecting ourselves in a variety of environments,” Odierno said. “That’s why we’re going to it. It gives us an advantage in protecting us as we get concealment as we operate in a variety of theaters.”
