The History of The US Military's Three Color Desert Camouflage Pattern | Uniform History
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- We've had numerous people hound us for this one so here it is, the Coffee Stain camouflage pattern.
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FYI: The uniform is still in US Army use by a single unit, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, at Fort Irwin, CA for OPFOR purposes.
I still have my OPFOR uniform from all those years ago.
I was stationed at ft Irwin from 1982to 1985 in the OPFOR and we wore the old OD ,s
Opfor still uses BDUS or any other uniform
I've got both tricolor and Multicam Arid patterned stuff.
I just can't get the idea of my head that Multicam Arid is a logical continuation of tricolor.
Who agrees?
I'm in the Air Force, and basic training field Instructors (known as cadre) still use this uniform for OPFOR purposes.
The DCUs were a nice uniform. Comfortable in the desert. Not great, but good. I still wear mine, even though I am nowhere near a desert.
It beats the living snot out of UCP.
@@budmeister Almost anything beats the snot out of UCP. I though the Navy Blueberries were bad, then I saw UCP.
@@budmeister I forgot about couches. Yes, it is strangely, surprisingly good at hiding on couches. And some rocks.
@@budmeister Everything does.
Some of us wear it as hunting cammo in the fall in open fields
I was in Iraq when we were forced to give up our DCU's for ACU's and it was widely considered to be a terrible idea. We kept our DCU's for maintenance days because they wouldn't get torn up when working on the gun trucks like the ACU's.
There's no telling how many lives were needlessly lost in the field due to the idiotic change from a useful to a terrible camouflage.
The first ACU's sucked, I was there in 2005! Did you guys have the problem of the crotch ripping out from just climbing onto a humvee, or bending over to pick something up?
@@hellomjb Ours did in 2006. We cut up tops and made patches for the crotches. Allegedly they went back to double stitching in 2007/2008.
@@SonOfTheDawn515 Good thinking, we used fishing line to fix a couple pair. I was back again in 06/07 and they still sucked! Haha
They were like pajamas. Had the same crotch problem. I couldn't believe how fast they just fell apart. And a terrible pattern too. What a waste of money and lives.
SOCIALIST DISTANCING ucp was the result of corruption and greed, that pattern didn’t even go through the full battery of testing
Imagine spending millions for developing a camo pattern that blends in perfectly with the terrain only to be ruined by a green plate carrier.
Then imagine scrapping all of that time, money, and research for a shitty grey digicam.
Depending on region it may actually be beneficial. In Ramadi we did a lot of operating in farmlands of Sofia so the green was better than any tan.
@@SonOfTheDawn515 thank you for your service. Yeah it's pretty green there. Guess you have to be prepared for arid and humid conditions
Meh, sometimes camo is better when it’s broken up like that
Not like they were fighting in the Sahara where there’s no plant life at all, a mixture of woodland and desert camo works really well, especially in the brush, idea of camo is to break up the outline of the body not so much to conceal a mix of patterns and colors would work very well than one consistent color gradient
The DCU remains a favorite of mine and has proven to be highly effective in grasslands that experience a dry season as well as more arid environments.
Saw an article in SOF years ago about an early WW2 vehicle paint that was a reddish/ pink. The British had used this color on their desert vehicles . Up close it looks odd, but at a distance the red wavelengths blended with the heat waves and sand colors , an optical illusion. And hid vehicles actually quite well. The pinkish hue of this uniform reminds me of this choice of color.
Google pink panther Land Rover
Also used as USAAF desert paint.
Can't believe the Army went from this and woodland to digital grey that blended in with nothing
Somehow Marine did it right with less cost.
@@aizseeker3622 Because the Marines were smart and weren't concern in flashy uniforms like the Army and Navy
Except for your grandma her couch 😝
Digital grey? It’s mint leaf green.
UCP= Useless Camouflage Pattern. Blends in everywhere- gray rocks, gray plants, gray sand, gray grass, gray sky.
"It just works."
- Todd Howard
This is my favorite uniform ever made. Just something about the color scheme just looks awesome.
I Agree. I just bought a DCU jacket with special forces airborne patches to honor the closest thing to a father I ever had. I don't think he ever wore this pattern but I fell in love with the DCU as soon as I saw it. It doesn't get cooler than that color scheme. I also live in AZ so who knows....it might come in handy some day
Who else wants uniform history to do the British DPM pattern
I do
Yes!
I've lost count the amount of times I've asked for him to do a DPM video!
@@Liam1991 Don't forget jungle and desert dpm variants
I do
What a shame that the Army replaced it with the Useless Couch Pattern or UCP.
It's not as horrible as people make it out to be. It works good out in the mountains.
@@rc59191 Does it work universally like it was intended to? Is it even decent in the desert where it was deployed and people's lives depended on it? Was it a failed project that cost millions to impliment, failed and cost more to replace? Sounds pretty horrible to me.
@@FoxtrotFleet camouflage is intended to breakup your outline to make you more difficult to see at a distance. So in that sense yes it did do its job I've also seen it work. Theres even videos you can watch on here explaining it.
@@rc59191 No shit. I guess that's why they're keeping it.
@@rc59191 No, it doesn't. Didn't work at Fort Carson in the mountains, it didn't work in Iraq (except at night) and it didn't work in Germany.
I don't know why we didn't keep it for longer. It seems like such a good pattern
Because everybody in the US military had moved on to new uniforms. In the case of the Marines, we adopted MARPAT which came in both woodland and desert patterns. The Army came out with UCP which (in theory) eliminated the need for a dedicated desert camouflage uniform since it was supposed to work anywhere. The Air Force adopted the ABU which utilized the same colors as the Army's UCP but in a Tiger Stripe pattern so it was also (theoretically) supposed to work anywhere. The Navy in turn developed 3 new patterns, one of which was a desert pattern similar to desert MARPAT but in slightly different colors and orientated vertically instead of horizontally.
@@Riceball01 I know, I still think it was a poor decision.
@@Riceball01 Multicam Arid and A-TACS AU are the ultimate desert color patterns
@@LoneWolf051 Ok, and what does that have to do with my comment. I never said that any of the patterns I mentioned were the ultimate desert/arid patterns, just what the US military moved on to after 3 color desert.
It was mostly Big Army fuckery and politics. There was an actual need to improve the cut of the BDU/DCU, because, although the BDU cut was good, soldiers still had complaints. On top of that USMC adopted MARPAT, which got all the branches rushing to have their own "unique" camo. What finally ended up being the deciding factor for UCP was that it looked destinctive, which is what Big Army wanted, and it performed "well enough" to be pushed out as the final product. There's a report somewhere that cites the UCP's superior "night time/night vison" performance as being a deciding factor in selecting. It also performed the best overall when you average its score from each test environment. What this actually meant was that it performed average or below average in most test enviroments, while other effective camos performed well in a couple enviroments, but being terrible in others.
From my understanding there were a few camos, that performed better as "universal" camo, such as multicam or A-TACS I think, but the Army didn't select those because of licensing issues and "poor camo night vision performance." AKA we didn't like them because they cost too much and they don't look unique compared to MARPAT.
It was all really dumb, honestly one of the biggest military acquisitions scandals since the roll out of the M 16, which the Army also botched due to Big Army incompetence and fuckery. Congress had a whole investigation into this where they basically lambasted all the branches except USMC for wasting taxpayer money on useless and redundant camos. Now they all have to standardize on OCP or MARPAT I think.
Brilliant research, top notch as always!
Just as a fun fact: DCU isn't actually off the roster of approved Navy uniforms. Since NWU1 was never utilized as a combat uniform, the Navy retained the pattern until AOR1 was developed. But since the Marines in 2009 fought it's adoption for sailors, DCUs were retained. Never got a wear-out date, some fellas on Naval Boarding Teams were wearing them into 2013 even!
Almost all the DCUs I find in surplus stores are Seabee uniforms.
@@olliegoria When I much more into collecting back in 2012-2015, all I ever found was USN and USAF surplus. I suspect those Seabee uniforms are the last large-scale batches to hit the market.
DCU was excellent and did it’s job. In combination with woodland in certain areas, being able to interchange and mix could be advantageous in certain environments.
My unit deployed to Kuwait in August of 96 with Chocolate chips. However when the rest of the Brigade Combat Team deployed to reinforce us for the ground component of desert strike they were eventually issued 3 color.
This camouflage is probably one of my favorite patterns. It's effective, produced in large number, and it looks good as well.
In my experience the chocolate chip was highly functional in Southern Iraq. The exception was when it was freshly washed or some staff officer stepped out of the bird with his freshly starched uniform. Once some native soil tinted the chocolate chip it was hard to spot. It is still widely in use there to this day by Iraqi forces.
It seemed to work all right in Ramadi on the IA. Definitely better than the UCP!
That seemed to be how UCP worked too. Terrible if relatively clean, but great once they've been sunbleached and dirtied. I have some mag pouches that barely look like the new UCP ones I have, but closer to a light tan.
I actually dyed my three colour desert Golden MFG M65 jacket with dark brown RIT dye to blend in with the Nevada desert better than the pinkish hue of the 3 - colour desert pattern (default 3-colour desert pattern literally glows in the Nevada desert fyi)...the result was absolutely beautiful! a mellow grayish brown, I call it "Chocolate Milk"
Imagine taking time to develop a really good desert uniform only to just replace most of them with shittier uniforms when you go back to the desert
I think 3 color is better than multicam too
The only camo that works better than three color was the Marpat. I can see why the marines switched because the desert marpat just works so much better than the tri color. But I have no idea why all the other branches didnt just stick to tri color or base a new design off the desert marpat
@@troopergio That's the funny thing... UCP was literally the army taking MARPAT and trying to make one pattern apply everywhere, which obviously didn't work.
@@olliegoria yeah UCP is dumb I think we can all agree on that
* Sees UCP *
Me: We don't do that here
Jokes aside, good and interesting vid as allways
Another home run! I wont stop bugging Uniform History about Tiger Stripe pattern...
So where is it and when is it coming?
You will only hear the same thing told everywhere like it's developed based on the French Lizard Camo but nobody tell exactly who modified them and when they became those patterns we know and how come one company registered its copyright on one version of Tigerstripes.
I get so much satisfaction out of these videos. Didn't know I was obsessed with camo patterns untill I found this channel
Three color desert and M81 woodland were the best camouflage patterns the US ever had. They each work well in their respective environment.
I agree. I did my basic and AIT at Ft Sill, Ok. My Battery, Charlie 2, was one of the 1st Batteries to be issued the then new Woodland BDU's. Only thing that wasn't Woodland was our field jackets. They were OD. We had a hodge podge of tee-shirts. Green, brown and white were authorized at the time. I had 3 brown and 3 white. I've got a picture of me by my barricks wearing my woodlands and a white tee-shirt.
Not to mention they look nice
I was first issued these for Somalia in 94-95 where we combined pieces from the old chocolate chips. Our helmet covers and flak jacket covers were chocolate chip. In 03 we wore them for OIF. It was during the transition to MARPAT and most of our officers had already purchased their own. Really made them stand out. I suspect one reason for issuing the tri colored desert to non combat troops would also be recognition. Things get confusing enough in combat. Troops in action wearing different uniforms could cause confusion and potentially fratrecide. By using the uniforms in rear areas there was really no chance of that
I find it funny how the thinking is “Let’s model our new camouflage for another country on how well it works in our back yard” like the UCP and the Chocolate Chip. Did it not occur to anyone that the mineral composition of the terrain might be different in other places so the background wouldn’t be the same? Certainly they had pictures of places like Iraq and Saudi Arabia they could have studied as references right?
Yes, they extensively studied soil samples from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to get the colors right.
Your comment implies that UCP worked here.
@@tl5606it did, in the very niche Rocky Mountain cliff faces with granite showing. Lmao
So much nostalgia. Got to play opfor for awhile, not with the official opfor unit, and we got our hands on some modified DCUs. They were so comfortable. They blended in better during the summer with all the dry grass and brush too.
Thank you for making this video about the _DCU_ btw. I was so interested about this camouflage when the first time i've watch *Black Hawk Down.* 😃
12:08 It looks like that troop has a Leupold MK4 CQT on his M16A4. That's actually really cool. I've never seen that before.
You sure it's a ordinary M16A4 not a SAM-R?
Fun fact, in somolia Irish army troops were issued US 6 colour desert to blend in with US troops
I don't know how "Fun" that is.
It's Kim Jong Fun. Fun fact is his thing.
Three color is one of my favorites, along with night desert pattern.
Always loved the look of tricolor CCUs with the IBA and MICH
10:45 Hoorah Seabees!! all that effort for the DCUs to be made, then when we got into kuwait in 2003 we get "here put on these woodland JSLIST suits" nice....
I've been waiting for this one, thank you. Would love to see DPCU and DPM in the future. Keep up the great work!
Would love to see a video on the Irish Army camouflage, it's a odd woodland pattern. Love to learn the history of it. Love the vids!!
Coffee stain was much better than the 'chocolate drop', not necessarily because of the color, but because of the weight of the material. When we went over on Day 3, we had our black jungle boots and green fatigues. We were given one set of chocolate drop fatigues on Green Ramp as we were taking off. They were very heavy and were welcome at night, but during the day were a sweat box.
Also, the desert in the US southwest is not the same as the Middle East. The desert in the Middle East is just that...desert. The chocolate drops stood out...
We did not get the desert camp and night camo until we returned to Ft Bragg...and found the reservists were all kitted out in brown desert boots, desert camo, desert field jackets and reversible jackets and shirts...
The Tri-Color "Coffee Stain" Desert Camoflauge Pattern Desert Combat Uniform ( DCU ) and the older 6 Color "Chocolate Chip" Desert Pattern Desert Battle Dress Uniform ( DBDU ) used in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq in 1990/1991 as well as Operation Restore Hope and Operation Gothic Serpant in Somalia in 1993 are two of my most favorite conventional patterns along with the M-81 Jungle/Woodland Battle Dress Uniform ( BDU ). Awesome history thanks!
Great video, this is the most I've ever learned about the 2 patterns.
Still waiting for DPM!
The DCUs were my favorite to wear. While in Afghanistan in 07-08, I wore the DCUs and the ACUs. I liked the cut of the ACU bit preferred the ware of the DCU. The ABU sucked both cut and where... The DCUs were just more comfortable to ware.
Keep the content coming!!!! Love the updates
This is delightful.
Hey, I really love your videos! I learn a lot and there's a lot of detail in them! Videos like this really make this platform still worth visiting and I hope you keep up the great work! I really appreciate it!
We went from the Olive green uniforms (KL-78) to KL-93 with the same mix as the Coffee stain and Chocolate Chip. We started desert warfare with a mixture of the KL-93 woodland and KL-93 three colours desert. The only benefit of a small army is things move faster once they get going.
13:34 Extreme teacup
Been waiting for this vid love it my friend!
At 55 Years Old, this Prior Service Enlisted USMC and US Army Veteran STILL owns and wears both Woodland M81 BDU and 3 Pattern DCU Camouflage Uniforms with Headgear and Footwear.
More like "Forgotten Uniforms" than Uniform History.
This uniform and camo is by no way forgotten lmao
@@lil__boi3027 ; Weapons on Forgotten Weapons also aren't, I specifically meant the entire channel and not just this video. Expand your scope a bit please.
@@FirstDagger wigga
Well, maybe in forty years or so when everyone who wore them pass on.
This is one of my favorite camo patterns
0:52 epic seeing that old Canadian Camo
came here to ask, wtf is that camo?
@@Tonka2714 garrison uniform pattern
Cheers for using my reference uniform photos , I’m bravo2zero from US forum
I liked the DCUs very much in pattern and it kept me cool better than the ACUs in Iraq. I like the heavy duty cotton much better than the rip stop because they lasted longer as they are of thicker cotton. I felt cooler when I sweat in heat but also much more wind resistant when it got cold. It was just tough all around.
Excellent video! Thanks.
Man, I joined the Army right before the huge transition from keeping your uniform pressed and boots shined, to fuck it, just throw on the uniform and sued boots.
You should do a video on the under T-shirts that were worn with these uniforms
Another really good video keep it up man 👍🏻
My favorite camo pattern of all time! I’ve got a bunch of these new unissued ones just sitting around
The tri color camo seems to have been the best for the early days of war on terror. It blended in well with desert terrain way better than chocolate cookie of desert storm and way better than the digital squares that came out later. Should have left it alone. I own several older woodland camo along with desert tri color camo and the digital square camo that I use for my landscaping chores cutting trimming juniper bushes and rose bushes and as camping grubbies. Man those digi squares bdus are hot. Great viddie sir
I still have a couple sets of my DCU's.
The Dutch also used this pattern. By the way, I can understand (more or less) how they test one pattern against another in different environments but what I'd be interested to know is how they come up with the candidate prototype patterns in the first place, especially the shapes of the different elements in the pattern. If you look at desert (or temperate ) patterns from different nations the colours will be similar (make's sense) but the shapes differ widely. How come? Look at Desert Flectarn (Wustentarn?) for example compared with the British Deseret DPM or the pattern discussed here. Any ideas?
That's why some people wondered why we didn't use Dessert DPM, but 3 color dessert. And rumor goes, that Dutch jungle is based on 3 color dessert, only different color scheme.
I was a volunteer to test the “chocolate chip” uniform. Most of the testing we did was at Ft Hauchuca in southern Arizona desert. It works really well in that environment. But the deserts of the Middle East can vary wildly from that of Arizona. Per the usual, command didn’t listen to us.
You should do a video on American Revolution uniforms as to why armies of that period had uniforms with very bright colors which was either the whole uniform or certain areas such as the cuffs and facings. So talk about the American and British uniforms, why they choose their uniform colors, and what was the reason the uniforms had very bright colors. Also you should talk about the outfit and equipment of the American Riflemen under Daniel Morgan and how they were some of the first effective and highly trained snipers in warfare that British officers rarely saw coming out of the forest
3 video wishes
1. The British WW2 paratrooper smock
2. The Splittertarn uniform of the German army after WW2
3. German Fallschirmjäger uniform
Tbh the coffee stain uniform along with the desert version of MARPAT are my favorites
Desert Marpat looks the best in my opinion its the only digital camo that the U.S. got right, same with it's woodland counterpart
Cat from 9:41 to 9:45 is carrying a M231 port firing weapon as a personal weapon.
Looks like a human to me.
One of the best desert Camouflage Patterns around.
I still have my DCU's from OIF. Marpat desert were the rare uniform in those days.
I was in 24thID 89-93. We were issued 6CD for several deployments before Desert Shield. We weren't issued 3CD in my time. I guess because it was in the supply chain of the base.
My Favourite US Camouflage
0:52 Canadian Troops. Notice the Garrison Camo Jacket worn by the gentleman on the right.
Rocking the old school tilley hats too
Always liked coffee stain
I wonder why "Mountbatten Pink" wasn't one of the colors added to the coffee stains? During the rapid deployment of the 82nd ABN for DS/DS, A Trp 1st 17th CAV had all of their HMMWV painted Mountbatten Pink. The paint was leftover stock from Desert One. It looked hilarious, especially after 82nd LRS painted Mary Kay Cosmetics stencils on the doors of the A Trps trucks. Overall, it freaking worked. Just like the "Pinkies" of SAS fame. Still boggles my mind.
I’ve heard it called “Titty Pink” from articles about painki NV aircraft for desert use most notably the B-24s of the Polesti raid
Anyone know what that vehicle is at 3:12? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before
Looks like an M274 truck
Yeah, M274, possibly M274A5 with wide tires.
It's an M274 mule. According to wikipedia it was phased out in the 80s.
Thought those were out of service by then
@@demonprinces17 Well special forces likes to hold on to equipment longer when it was taken out of service.
The 3 color is very cool looking
I don't know why exactly but this is my second favorite camo pattern of after Urban T pattern. I guess I just go for simple. Thanks for the vid.
Wore these on deployment in Saudi Arabia in 1999. Still my favorite uniform!
My dad wore the 6 color and 12 years later I was in the 3 color. Next to the the BDU "God's flannel" it was my favorite
You should do a video about finnish M05
Oh my god! This is my new favourite channel!!! I needed this so much!
I was hoping you might be able to do a video on the camouflage pattern that the Ukrainian military such as Azov Battalion use? I think they use multicam and ucp, but I'd love to see you talk about them as I'm currently trying to collect some Ukrainian military gear and could use some great insight like yours!
Thanks!
Capitalize God please and do not use God’s name in vain. 3rd commandment
Having served during the 90s I can imagin the fits some Sgm were throwing seeing troops in the 6 and 3 color uniforms
When the Marines switched to the MCCUU (Marpat) you could have formations with old cammies and tan or black boots, new woodland MCCUU with tan or black boots, new desert MCCUU with tan or black boots... Of course only one pattern per Marine. It was great! And of course quickly reigned in, since too much fun was had.
It would be nice to see one day a video about Croatian camouflage.
This and the “m81”. Love them. Ugh.
11ACR at Fort Irwin, CA still uses the DCU and tricolor desert camouflage pattern when they play OPFOR at NTC.
The Woodland Camouflage M81 BDU and Desert Camouflage BDU were worn when I was in The United States Marine Corps ( USMC) from870702-910701, and in The United States Army ( US Army) from 930108-981217, with 1 Year and 4 Months in the Army National Guard ( ARNG) and US Army Reserve ( USAR). Going on 54 on 03 April 2023AD, I STILL wear ,on occasion, a Raid Mod Field Blouse in both the Woodland Camouflage and Desert Camouflage BDU Patterns, when I AM not wearing OD Green, MultiCam/ OCP, MARPAT or Universal Camouflage Pattern.🇺🇸🛡️
I bet the total amount of funding spent on all the branches camo is more than some countries defence budgets
Why I was a new private, RTO, my PL talked about doing desert training as an enlisted man. I asked if his unit got "chocolate chips" camo. He said they didn't, they wore OD's. Newbie me asked, "didn't you stick out in the desert?" He said " you know what happens when you wear a green uniform in the desert for a couple of days? They turn desert brown" The Israelies wear OD. Nuff said.
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Very similar if not the same as the Dutch Tri Colour issued in the mid 1990's, however, for some unknown reason as yet, some white was introduced into the pattern in the 2000's with some equipment. The Clothing acquired a slight hint of really light green in it at the same time.
Hey I love your videos I am wondering if you could cover the South Korean military camouflage
Army: Chocolate chip isn’t good enough...
Also army: let’s go with something pale and grey for the desert
The 3 colors pattern used in Thailand by "Territorial Guard Voluntary Force". Basically a paramilitary or gendarmerie force under the control of Ministry of Interior. In the recent years, they has slowly transited into a new pixelated pattern which looks similar to the US NAVY NWU TYPE III but with darker green color (Army Green ?) instead of bright Cedar Green.
Wearing three colour desert BDU shorts 😂 awesome video keep up the good work!
Just throwing out that I’d like to see an episode on the Italian M29 camo ... the first mass produced and issued camo in history.... as I understand it 🙂
I still got my DCU's in my big uniforms bin in my closet. I was issued 3 sets during my deployment to PSAB, Saudi Arabia, in 2001 (literally was there during 9/11; it was scary once we found out the hijackers were Saudi nationals). The only thing I didn't like about the DCU's was the disco huge collar and how easily they got soiled and torn working on the flightline
I think a look at the French cce patterns would be awesome. The woodland seems to work in multiple environments
When will you do Russian EMR
In Mexico it was also used by the Infantry and Cavalry units that operated in the north of the country since it is mostly a desert area.
Again a very good researched Video! Keep up the good work. I have an idea for another future Video. What about the Tigerstripe Camo pattern? :
0:52 Canadian Soldiers. Do you know if Canadian Soldiers were issued any full uniform in a desert pattern during the first gulf war? I’ve seen pictures with them wearing British DDPM pants but nothing in full.
Not really no. There was a brief attempt to issue tan uniforms in 1991 in response to the Gulf War, but those were disliked as the uniforms were considered too heavy. Nothing really came of it besides Desert boots and Tilley Hats, which became de-facto issue for anyone deployed overseas. Keep in mind, Canada didn't actually send any ground troops, only air and sea assets. When Canadian troops went to Somalia in '92, they still rocked the OG-107s.
DDPM uniforms and ballistic vests were issued after the Gulf War, but mostly as a private purchase for units participating in the UNIKOM mission in Kuwait. Additionally, Canadian snipers and a small number of personnel privately bought DDPM smocks, trousers, and bush hats for use in Afghanistan in 2002 as no arid pattern was available yet. But it was never an 'official' pattern. You can see them being used at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/xP7RZAarM4Y/v-deo.html
I don’t think the pic from 7:13-7:21 is from Desert Storm, since they’re using the PLGR GPS unit, that came out in 93.
US Armed Forces: “Alright it took us some time but now let’s put this camo into service”
US Armed Forces: “Alright let’s change this camo we just approved of with this new pattern we just created.”