As early as 2010, the Army was sending soldiers to Afghanistan in a different camouflage uniform, MultiCam, from Crye Precision. And the hunt was already on to find a long-term UCP replacement.

The summer of 2018 will mark the official retirement of the U.S. Army's embattled Universal Camouflage Pattern. In addition to the new camouflage pattern, the new Army Combat Uniform could feature ...

Soldiers are permitted to sew the name tape, U.S. Army tape, rank, and all authorized badges on all camouflage patterns of the combat uniform, Universal Camouflage Pattern, OEF-CP, and OCP.

By early October, Army uniform officials plan to outfit one battalion with new uniforms featuring a camouflage pattern that PEO Soldier is calling "UCP Delta," which is the current Universal ...

Through Sept. 30, 2019, soldiers stationed at a military post will have three different authorized uniforms: • Army combat uniforms with the gray-green universal camouflage pattern.

Last summer, the U.S. Army confirmed that soldiers will begin wearing the new Army Combat Uniform (ACU) that bears the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) – also known as Scorpion W2.

The UCP story is a strange, complicated, unfortunate one. In 2004, the Army adopted the new patterns in the hopes of improving invisibility, but that didn’t happen — in fact, the pattern may ...

The Army spent about $3.2 million to develop the Universal Camouflage Pattern, according to the report. Since 2015, the Army has moved to yet another new uniform: the Operational Camouflage Pattern.

Other uniform guidelines: The new OCP uniform also includes a new darker T-shirt, belts and boots. These can NOT be worn with the old UCP uniform.

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 ...

The Army is weighing different camouflage patterns as it moves to select a new set of uniforms. The older Universal Camouflage Pattern has been criticized as ineffective, and some soldiers see the ...