Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces
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Each branch of the United States Armed Forces has their own uniforms and regulations regarding them.
- Uniforms of the United States Army
- Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps
- Uniforms of the United States Navy
- Uniforms of the United States Air Force
- Uniforms of the United States Coast Guard
Contents
Combat uniforms overview
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Marine Corps - MCCUU
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Navy - NWU
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Air Force - ABU
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Coast Guard - ODU
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Coast Guard - CGCUU (used in oversea deployment or combat operations)
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Other - MultiCam, used by U.S. Army and ground U.S. Air Force units deployed in Afghanistan, and Special Operations Forces.
Service dress uniforms overview
Current camouflage patterns
List of current camouflage patterns and uniforms | |||||
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Branch | Camouflage pattern | Image | Notes | In use since | |
U.S. Army |
Universal Camouflage Pattern, used for the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). Units deployed in Afghanistan use MultiCam instead, known as OCP pattern. |
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On June 16, 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Army to buy new, different uniforms for the War in Afghanistan, with camouflage pattern that would better suit the Afghan environment.[1] As of 2010, U.S. Army units deployed in Afghanistan are being issued uniforms with MultiCam pattern. | 2005 | |
U.S. Marine Corps |
MARPAT pattern, used for the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) in two variants, woodland and desert. | 50px 50px | The USMC's MARPAT pattern was the first digitalized (pixelated) pattern in the U.S. military, unveiled in mid-2001.[2][3][4] It was first available in January 2002 and was mandatory by late 2004.[5][6] | 2002 | |
U.S. Navy |
Navy Working Uniform (NWU). | There are three variants of the camouflage. Standard blue-grey for shipboard use, and then digital woodland and digital desert variants, previously known as AOR I and AOR II, similar to MARPAT and CADPAT. The NWU itself was unveiled in October 2004. | 2009 | ||
U.S. Air Force |
Digitalized tigerstripe, used for the Airman Battle Uniform (ABU). Air Force ground-based units, security units, and special operations units, that are deployed in Afghanistan, use MultiCam instead, known as OCP pattern. |
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Fielding of MultiCam began in September 2010. | 2007 |
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