The army makes bad designs....

so today is the first day the rotc program at KU is supposed to "dress up" in our ACUs. I walked out of hashinger my dorm, and was met with so many stares. Hash, as we hashies like to call it, is the artsy dorm with a whole lot of "alternative" individuals. so needless to say i was the odd man out. but the uniform gave me a good idea for a blog. the army sucks at designing clothing. this uniform is first of all hot! its not breathable at all, so at 4 am when your up about to start a ruck march your sweating already. The uniform uses Velcro as a major part of it's design. every pocket and patch are Velcro. The original design problem came from the BDUs, basic dress uniform. designers saw that it was to much money to have to sow every patch onto the uniform, making each one of the uniforms very costly. however in cutting costs the designers sacrificed function. After only a couple times in the wash the ACU's Velcro loses its ability to stick causing pockets to remain open and patches to fall off. Along with being poorly made, thne velcro is also very loud. when detaching and reattaching the pockets or any patches a loud ripping sound resonates over everything. not very stealthy when your are operating in the field.

Thank fully a new uniform is being designed currently, specifically for the destert regions we are occupying right now. it still uses Velcro.... :/