Does the standard issue BDU (combat uniform) depend on the current war?

Question

Im in Civil Air Patrol and our BDU's are woodland camo, whereas the troops have desert camo (i believe its standard.correct me if im wrong). Is this because of the current war or will it be desert camo from now on?

Or say we get into a war in the jungle will it change again??

Answer 1

As you have been told, "digitals" are replacing the BDU.



To answer your question, when the BDU was developed back in the 80s there were three (origially four) kids of BDU. Desert, Woodland, Arctic, and "Urban". Urban was a grey, black and white mix designed for fighting in cities. (If the Soviets had come into West Germany there would have been a LOT of street to street fighting, Germany is very urbanized.) I don't think that the "Urban" pattern was ever officially issued, but it was very cool to wear it in the late 80s. I think some SWAT teams adopted it. There were also some all black BDUs made, but those were only for the civilian market as far as I know.



Units were issued Desert, Arctic, or Woodland based on where they were going to be deployed. If you were going to be operating in a snowy enviormnet you got Arctic. I was never issued Arctic but I believe it was rare and most restricted to coats, etc.



Units that got sent to the CENTCOM Area of Operations (Iraq, Iran, Saudi, Qatar, Sudan, etc.) got desert cammo. Units that went to Korea, Germany, etc. got woodland. Since most units were NOT in Centcom at this time, woodland was much more common and thought of as the "standard"... at least till the current war started and people started getting more and more desert BDUs. If we had gone to war in Antartica I suppose the white arctic cammo would have been more common.



After the Gulf War One in Kuwait in 1991 the Desert Cammo pattern was redsigned. The original Desert Cammo was called "chocolate chip" because it had lots of little black dots as part of the pattern. I've seen Iraqi units wearing BDUs with this pattern on them.... I guess they were left over war stocks from 1990.



The USAF tried a blue camo pattern BDU as an experiment about 2003 but it was literally laughed out of service...EVERYONE thought it was an incredibly stupid idea... I heard it compared to the "power rangers" and people said the only thing the USAF blends into is the blue office upholstery.



In any case, all BDUs are getting phased out now in favor of the digital cammo uniforms.



That is probably why the Civil Air Patrol still has them... you are most likely getting the left over BDUs the Army can't wear anymore.

Answer 2

everyone gets issued the standard issue at boot camp regardless of what branch they go to. When operation are in various parts of the world, desert, jungles, etc... there are variations to the uniforms. Today, the Marine Corps is the only branch with a dedicated Desert Utilities. The army and now air force have a different design which can be used in any location. In the past they did have 3 color and 6 color desert utilites but they aren't used very often anymore. But yes, in the past, there was a different issue uniform you got when operations were going into specific regions... desert for desert, jungle for jungle, artic for artic... etc.

Answer 3

The Marines have both desert and green cammo pattern but they are digital cammies..



In the desert they only use the desert ones but back on base or when in other nations that are non-desert they use the green ones..



It also depends on whether the unit is getting ready for deployment or if they just returned from deployment..And the home base also plays a role in what they wear and when they can wear it.



I dont know what they are called since they seem to change every year.

Answer 4

I also heard that BDU's are already being pahsed out and eventually the national guard wont use them no more, personally i dont like the new digital uniform, makes the army look "like it came out of a federation from starship troopers" now the multi-cam is cooleventually by 2020 or 2025 we will be using that black suit

Answer 5

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Answer 6

the ACU has replaced the BDU and DCU uniforms for wear by the Army. BDU's have been phased out completely you are no longer allowed to wear them while on duty.

Answer 7

BDU are for everyday wear in the military, DCU are for wartime, the new ABU is for both

Answer 8

those uniforms you've mentioned aren't in use anymore by the army or airforce.... and if they are.... it won't be pretty soon... we are using the digital uniforms now... even in the desert... as to why i have no ideal... how do we cover ourself from the enemy if need to be with this uniforms.... who knows... but yep...