Army unveils it's new stormtrooper look:

[No2W2004]

On Monday, June 14, 2004, the Army unveiled a redesigned combat uniform with a digital camouflage pattern that looks strikingly different from soldiers' current battle dress uniforms. It marks the first major change in the Army uniform since 1981, and new recruits be issued the redesigned uniform starting in October 2005 and the entire Army will be outfitted by December 2007. (AP Photo/US Army)

[RBHam]

1. Primarily grey - to blend in with the urban, concrete jungle

After the next "terrorist" attack in the U.S. and martial law is declared, you'll be seeing these new uniforms on the streets of cities coast to coast.

[thedude]

7. no you won't

Actually, you won't see them on the streets because they are urban camouflage. :^)

[Unperson 309]

12. Actually, REAL Urban Camouflage is

raggedy clothing, long hair and greasy beard. The *very* best way to blend in and be *completely* invisible is to look like a homeless bum! Nobody "sees" bums any more other than to shudder and step around them!

Friend of mine is an undercover cop. He dons a greasy windbreaker over a stained gray shirt, faded trousers, ancient sneakers, rubs a bit of dirt on his face and hands and a tiny bit of Vaseline into his hair (to stick it together) and *poof* he's "no longer there" in terms of noticeability.

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[RBHam]

17. Right

Quite

[Deja Q]

19. Very astute

With all the peak oil websites going on about martial law and choosing draft or suffering at home and all, it makes sense that the new outfits would blend in with domestic surroundings, rather than jungle green or sand beige... :scared:

[tom_paine]

2. Cue Star Wars Theme...

Imperial Amerika takes on the personality of it's rulers.

And it is only fitting that Imperial Sturtruppen should be outfitted differently than soldiers of the Old American Republic.

I like it. Sturmtruppen SHOULD look like Sturmtruppen.

[NewHampshireDem]

3. How not to be seen ...

[styersc]

4. Now my GI Joe is obsolete

oir a collectors item. Does the soldier in the photo have Kung-fu grip?

[Southsideirish]

5. Is there a slight paisley pattern? Just like my new drapes....I mean

my new "drapery" that is.

[Cleita]

10. Maybe we could trim it with lace curtains for a homey effect. n/t

[TexasMexican]

6. New uniform looks like shit.

[wellstone_democrat]

20. I'm with you on that decision

like a steaming pile of it

[MrSlayer]

8. I don't like it.

Looks horrible, especially with the green camo on top.

[Raskolnik]

9. Quibble

I am going to ask you not to call our soldiers "stormtroopers". They are young men and women who are serving their country for a variety of reasons, and have been put in harm's way by a douche-bag. That is not their fault.

[mike1963]

11. I'm sure that will be a huge comfort to the inmates at Abu Ghraib.

:eyes:

[Raskolnik]

13. Oh, so ALL our soldiers should be demonized?

When did I try to comfort the inmates who have been abused? Did you hear me suggest that those things were unimportant? No, you didn't. The people involved in those incidents will hopefully be held accountable for them.

Are you working under the impression that our soldiers deserve to be called "stormtroopers" regardless of their involvement in actions such as those at Abu Ghraib?

Being a soldier is a shitty enough job with W running the show. Why take out your anger at the people who are really bearing the cost of his idiocy?

[No2W2004]

14. Agreed,

I was refering to the uniform, not the soldier wearing it.

[Raskolnik]

16. Fair enough.

I am sure you didn't mean direct it towards the men and women. Thanks.

[TexasMexican]

15. When are they going to quit wasting time on new BDUs and give us...

powered armor and active camoflage.

[Deja Q]

18. He won't blend in with anything unless he's in the middle of an airport...

Who the hell designed this travesty of an outfit anyway, notes leaked out by Osama Bin Laden?!

[Joanne98]

21. Lynnde England will look so cute in that.

I wonder where it's being made. China or Thailand? They could at least create some jobs with it.