ACU or Multicam?

[33Vortex]

Well I'm not a expert on the subject ant won't pretend to be one. But I'll say that the idea to have one camo pattern blend well into any and all environments is bound to fail, unless you have the technology to alter the pattern to the background. We're not quite there yet! The best way to blend in is to use the terrain and shadows of the landscape to keep a low profile, movement is a huge factor in this. There is no one solution to all terrain types, just have different camo patterns for different types of terrain. How hard can it be?

And yes, the military does know how to spend our money.

[JunkyII]

Well I'm not a expert on the subject ant won't pretend to be one. But I'll say that the idea to have one camo pattern blend well into any and all environments is bound to fail, unless you have the technology to alter the pattern to the background. We're not quite there yet! The best way to blend in is to use the terrain and shadows of the landscape to keep a low profile, movement is a huge factor in this. There is no one solution to all terrain types, just have different camo patterns for different types of terrain. How hard can it be?

And yes, the military does know how to spend our money.

Maybe we want people to see us so they actually come out and fight

[jdbecks]

Right before I got out, the Corps started issuing these 'high-speed-low-drag' PT uniforms...

I loved the old green on green uniforms we used 

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is that so you guys dont forget who you are? 

[DJ111]

is that so you guys dont forget who you are? 

Well, half the new boots from the MCRD's couldn't find their butthole with a map and a flashlight...

[eagl]

This is the first positive comment about the Air Force that I have heard from an Army guy and it is about our fashion sense.   Wonderful.

And on top of that, AF guys hate our own PT gear.

Give me gray cotton blend shorts and plain gray t-shirt anyday.  Put a huge reflective USAF on the back and the goofy AF wings on the front if necessary, otherwise make them cheap and easy to clean.  Gray cotton/lycra/polyester blend is cheap.  It's easy to clean.  Win.  For the dedicated runners (those who run more than about 3 miles at a time), make some official no-chafe nylon running shorts available.  But for general PT use, generic gray cotton shorts work great.  Just don't make the legs too long so they don't bind due to being down to the knees (I don't play basketball and I'm not a black gangster or a mormon) and don't have the leg openings too huge 'cause we gotta do situps and I don't need whoever is holding my feet to be staring at my junk.  I'm sure that Adidas, Puma, Nike, whoever, has some shorts in stock TODAY that would work just fine, no R&D costs, nothing.

Yea it wouldn't look terribly stylish... Big effing deal.  I'm not doing PT to compete for butt/abs of the decade, I'm doing PT because I'm a fatazz and need to exercise more.

Damn uniform boards ALWAYS get it wrong.  If some stupid recruit wants to quit because he doesn't think the PT gear is stylish enough, then he can quit for all I care.  It should be functional above all, and the current USAF PT gear is expensive, doesn't breath right, isn't cut right, either shows off your junk or binds up your legs because it's cut waaaay too long, or is "normal" size but has too tight of a waist.  I don't know anyone with a 40 inch inseam and 20 inch waist, but that's no kidding what I measured the last time I bought some AF shorts.  I had to buy XXXL to fit my fatazz 36 inch waist and had my wife cut nearly 6 inches off of the leg length because they went below my knees.

Admiring the USAF for it's PT gear is a bit like admiring some guy with 400 sq ft of spoiler bolted to the hatch of his scion...   There's just something wrong with that picture.

[jdbecks]

guys you cant complain about your PT uniform untill your saw the previous British army PT uniform,

Hitech Silver shadow trainners
Green issue or Black issued socks rolled and folded down so it is 3 fingers thick
tightish fitting navy blue shorts made from the worlds most uncomftable nylon/cotton
red t-shirt that neck expanded out of shape

I did like the look of the battle PT uniform tho

however once in the field army after trainning, we wore any running trainner we wanted, any type of shorts and regimental t shirts. Ive tried to google a picture but could not find it.