Unclear on the concept
2012-07-09 17:39:01.493528+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
QOTD:
"We want to be instantly recognized as a force to be reckoned with. We want them to see us coming a mile away in our new uniforms."
A U.S. Marine Corps spokesman describing the MARPAT camouflage pattern, as reported in the Wikipedia entry on MARPAT cited as "Blechman, Hardy; Newman, Alex (2004). DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material. Department of Publications, Maharishi. ISBN 0-9543404-0-X."
From this Metafilter entry on the $5 billion failure that is the U.S. Army's new "Universal Camouflage Pattern" that was based on MARPAT.