Marines finally will see fully stocked shelves of camouflage uniforms in summer 2024. That’s when the shortage of the Marine Corps combat utility uniform, the everyday outfit colloquially known as ...

Leaders of Marine units can let their service members wear nonstandard uniform items amid a long-term shortage of the regular camouflage uniform. The Marine Corps says it won’t have a full stock of ...

The Marine Corps anticipates the combat utility uniforms won’t be fully back in stock until nearly a year from now. (Sgt. Patrick King/Marine Corps) After the shoulder ripped on one of Sgt. Ethan ...

A camouflage shortage in the Marine Corps will lead to service members wearing less regulated uniforms in the near future. In an Instagram video, Commandant Gen. Eric Smith addressed service members’ ...

In April, the U.S. Army plans to unveil a new camouflage strategy that could result in soldiers wearing Marine Corps desert and woodland patterns into combat. Nearly one year ago, uniform officials ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Marines shopping for new camouflage uniforms at this air base south of Hiroshima will find mostly empty shelves at the Marine Corps Exchange. A sign posted ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Like other camouflage, the MARPAT pattern is designed to blend the wearer with his or her surroundings to make them less visible to the naked eye. MARPAT camouflage ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: MARPAT serves two purposes. First, to camouflage the user. For comparison, the MARPAT pattern has a lower infrared signature than standard Navy-pattern camouflage. The ...

During a recent field exercise, a Marine headquarters group set up an expeditionary operations center and facilities, then hung camouflage netting over every building and structure -- a time-honored ...

There was a time when U.S. forces owned the night, conducting shadowy raids against enemies enemy forces who never saw them coming. But as night vision technology becomes more readily available, That ...