6.16.2004
New Army BDU Retains Old Shape, Changes Its Colors
Stars and Stripes, European edition
Lisa Burgess
16 Jun 04
The Army rolled out its new battle dress uniform Monday at the Pentagon, revealing an outfit with a familiar silhouette but a significantly different color and pattern.
The new uniform ? the Army?s first major changes to its BDU since 1981 ? is based on a computer-generated, three-color digital camouflage pattern printed on a wash-and-wear, rip-stop cotton-and-polyester blend fabric.
The new BDUs will replace both the desert and woodland versions, Col. John Norwood, project manager for Soldier Equipment at the Army?s Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier) program at Fort Belvoir, Va., said Monday.
The uniform will be made only in summer weight fabric, which soldiers have said they prefer to the heavy winter-weight fabric that is now an option, said Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Myhre, PEO Soldier?s noncommissioned officer for clothing and individual equipment.
The new BDUs have been wear-tested by 5,000 soldiers from the Army?s Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
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By 2007, everyone in the Army should be wearing the BDU's
Lisa Burgess
16 Jun 04
The Army rolled out its new battle dress uniform Monday at the Pentagon, revealing an outfit with a familiar silhouette but a significantly different color and pattern.
The new uniform ? the Army?s first major changes to its BDU since 1981 ? is based on a computer-generated, three-color digital camouflage pattern printed on a wash-and-wear, rip-stop cotton-and-polyester blend fabric.
The new BDUs will replace both the desert and woodland versions, Col. John Norwood, project manager for Soldier Equipment at the Army?s Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier) program at Fort Belvoir, Va., said Monday.
The uniform will be made only in summer weight fabric, which soldiers have said they prefer to the heavy winter-weight fabric that is now an option, said Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Myhre, PEO Soldier?s noncommissioned officer for clothing and individual equipment.
The new BDUs have been wear-tested by 5,000 soldiers from the Army?s Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
{Read more here}
By 2007, everyone in the Army should be wearing the BDU's
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