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Military Clothing – America’s New Look
Years of study went into designing and creating an effective and durable modern army uniform – so how has military clothing in America evolved?

Advances in military clothing
The Army Combat Uniform (ACU) marked a major advancement in military clothing when it was launched in 2004. The ACU became standard-issue in 2005 for all deployed US troops. But upgrading military clothing is a major step and in the last one hundred years, military clothing and the army uniform has only been redesigned a small number of times.

Nature of war
The update in military clothing has to be put down to some extent to the changing nature of war and changes in the state of soldiering.

Restrictive military clothing
Military clothing at one point was dominated by ceremonial dress and authoritarianism. Perhaps epitomized by the British soldiers who stand guard outside Buckingham Palace – the military clothing is restrictive and cumbersome. The new American uniform couldn’t be further removed. The military clothing uses modern developments in fabric design so that it can breathe and move with the body more easily. The black polished leather boots were replaced with tan desert boots.

Camouflage and military clothing
One of the major concerns for the new uniform was that it functions effectively as camouflage against the enemy but is visible to comrades. One way of achieving this was attaching an infrared element to the US flag emblem traditionally found on American military clothing. The stars and stripes were redesigned to muted khaki colours making it hard for the enemy to see, but the infrared element meant the emblem was visible to those equipped to see it.

Digital camouflage
The military clothing incorporates the latest technology. Digital camouflage pattern is bit-mapped on a computer and printed onto nylon for a pixel-effect. The idea is that the military clothing ‘suggests’ shapes and colours without being shapes and colours – the camouflage therefore helps the soldier blend into space he is moving in. Black is no longer part of the military clothing because it isn’t a colour found in nature and disrupts camouflage. The fact that modern warfare tends to be dominated in desert and urban settings dictates the design of future military clothing.

Psychological warfare
Although military clothing is now designed to help soldiers do their job rather than look the part, all military clothing goes beyond the purely practical – the uniform gives a sense of identity, purpose and marks out the wearers from the rest of the world.

John Bull Military Clothing is a supplier of quality merchandise to the Forces worldwide. John Bull Military Clothing is based at the Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. For all your military clothing, outdoor and survival equipment needs you can order from the online shop. For more details telephone 01748 833614 or email: mail@johnbullclothing.com

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