U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013)

Re:U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013) by michaelbuckbee on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:09AM (#32307072)

Having worked (as a civilian contractor) for the military it's equally plausible that the decision was screwed up for other reasons. High up decision makers that "trust their gut" over what the data tells them or who arbitrarily decide that a certain pattern looks silly to them.

It's absolutely not intuitive that the digital looking blocky camouflage patterns [1] are going to perform better than the blob style camo patterns they replaced.

1 - https://www.businessinsider.com/why-militaries-have-strange-...

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Re:U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013) by bumby on Monday August 01, 2022 @12:30PM (#32308537)

Commanders have wide discretion and it's part of the decentralized command mindset. They can sometimes make such decisions on no more than "I think this pattern looks cooler than that pattern"

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Re:U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013) by bityard on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:29PM (#32310237)

Yep. But it depends on the relationship the commander has with his or her superior officer. Some commanders are burdened with having to justify every single decision they make. Others have basically free reign to lead how they see fit (for better or worse) as long as they stay within the regulations.

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Re:U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013) by olalonde on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:30AM (#32307451)

Hanlon's razor strikes again.

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Re:U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013) by ncmncm on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:23PM (#32313401)

Berets.

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