Uniforms of The United States Military - Current Camouflage Patterns

Current Camouflage Patterns

List of current camouflage patterns and uniforms
Branch Camouflage pattern Image Notes In use since

Army		 Universal Camouflage Pattern, used for the Army Combat Uniform (ACU).
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 On June 16, 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Army to buy new, different uniforms for the War in Afghanistan, with camouflage pattern that would better suit the Afghan environment. As of 2010, US Army units deployed in Afghanistan are being issued uniforms with MultiCam pattern. 2005

Marine Corps		 MARPAT pattern, used for the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) in two variants, woodland and desert. USMC MARPAT pattern was the first digitalized (pixelated) pattern in the US Military. 2002

Navy		 Navy Working Uniform (NWU). There are three variants of the camouflage. Standard blue-grey for shipboard use, and then digital woodland and digital desert variants, previously known as AOR I and AOR II, similar to MARPAT and CADPAT. 2009

Air Force		 Digitalized tigerstripe, used for the Airman Battle Uniform (ABU).
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 Fielding of MultiCam began in September 2010. 2007

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