The Army will field a new uniform for two of its active duty Battalions serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. The change in uniform will be made to accomodate the different climate and environment in Afghanistan. The ACU was a good color pattern for operations in Iraq, but Afghanistan is more mountainous and the color pattern of the ACU does not really blend in there.

The current uniform does not fit very well with the mountainous, rocky, snowy environment. Soldiers have complained that the pattern  does not always camouflage them well and that a different pattern and color were needed for better protection. The version of this uniform already being used by Army, and Air Force Special Operation Forces is called MultiCam One. It incorporates a brown, tan, and green camouflage pattern. The pattern is different from the ACU pattern in that it has squiggley designs rather than the computer generated look of the ACU. The version which will be given to the regular Army units will be called the UCP Delta, and it will have coyote tan added to it's color scheme.

Our Operation Enduring Freedom custom ring customers were issued the ACU uniform recently which I think is a very good pattern. It is and it served us well in Iraq but the military has to constantly change and adapt to fit in with changing times.