FortTom
11 November 2013, 16:06
Since I retired in 95, what I didn't give to friends and family, I kept a couple of pairs of woodland and desert BDU's.
The strangest thing happened. Something, or someone managed to manipulate them so that they would shrink. Damned if I know, maybe a terrorist cell operating in the area managed to apply some kind of "shrinking" agent, but they are especially tight around the waist/gut area.
O.K., now I'm looking for a couple of pairs of pants and blouses, but things have really changed, and camo patterns have come a long way.
What would suit me is something that would work in my area, KY, mostly green and heavy cover green in the spring/summer/early fall. Grey, pale brown and yellowing "grass" in the winter.
A little research over a period of time always brings me back to MARPAT (Marine Pattern if you didn't know). However finding woodland MARPAT is almost impossible to find. Especially in the last 10 years or so when desert and urban patterns have been pretty much the standard in the theatres we're fighting in now. CADPAT (Canadian get's high marks too) but finding the "real" thing is almost impossible. Lots of stuff claiming to be real, but look close and find the Marine Corp emblem missing, and other things that give most of what you can find as non-genuine copies.
Any input, or other alternatives that you might offer? I saw some (forget the name) all in one pattern stuff in Recoil magazine, the catch, $200 bucks for the pants and another $200 for the pants. Yeah, I'll run right out and buy some.
Any advice or other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks ahead,
FT
The strangest thing happened. Something, or someone managed to manipulate them so that they would shrink. Damned if I know, maybe a terrorist cell operating in the area managed to apply some kind of "shrinking" agent, but they are especially tight around the waist/gut area.
O.K., now I'm looking for a couple of pairs of pants and blouses, but things have really changed, and camo patterns have come a long way.
What would suit me is something that would work in my area, KY, mostly green and heavy cover green in the spring/summer/early fall. Grey, pale brown and yellowing "grass" in the winter.
A little research over a period of time always brings me back to MARPAT (Marine Pattern if you didn't know). However finding woodland MARPAT is almost impossible to find. Especially in the last 10 years or so when desert and urban patterns have been pretty much the standard in the theatres we're fighting in now. CADPAT (Canadian get's high marks too) but finding the "real" thing is almost impossible. Lots of stuff claiming to be real, but look close and find the Marine Corp emblem missing, and other things that give most of what you can find as non-genuine copies.
Any input, or other alternatives that you might offer? I saw some (forget the name) all in one pattern stuff in Recoil magazine, the catch, $200 bucks for the pants and another $200 for the pants. Yeah, I'll run right out and buy some.
Any advice or other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks ahead,
FT