Here’s What You Need to Know: MARPAT serves two purposes. First, to camouflage the user. For comparison, the MARPAT pattern has a lower infrared signature than standard Navy-pattern camouflage. The ...

The Marine Corps anticipates the combat utility uniforms won’t be fully back in stock until nearly a year from now. (Sgt. Patrick King/Marine Corps) After the shoulder ripped on one of Sgt. Ethan ...

The Marine Corps’ yearslong camouflage uniform shortage is coming to an end. The Corps first observed a shortage of the woodland-pattern combat utility uniforms, the everyday outfits often known as ...

Leaders of Marine units can let their service members wear nonstandard uniform items amid a long-term shortage of the regular camouflage uniform. The Marine Corps says it won’t have a full stock of ...

Military combat uniforms have two purposes: to camouflage soldiers, and to hold together in rugged conditions. It stands to reason that there's only one "best" pattern, and one best stitching and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Like other camouflage, the MARPAT pattern is designed to blend the wearer with his or her surroundings to make them less visible to the naked eye. MARPAT camouflage ...

In April, the U.S. Army plans to unveil a new camouflage strategy that could result in soldiers wearing Marine Corps desert and woodland patterns into combat. Nearly one year ago, uniform officials ...

In a new execution video released by the Islamic State group on Tuesday, showing the brutal In the recent video depicting the Feb. 3 execution of a captive Jordanian air force pilot, the militants are ...

Master Sgt. James Tritle of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, writes: I hate to admit it but I have camouflage envy. I see Marine camouflage, the Army's new Operational Camouflage Pattern, Canadian ...

U.S. troops first widespread use of camouflage began in 1942%2C according to Camopedia The first patterns were developed for use during World War I What used to be 2 styles of U.S. camo have turned ...