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Self-cleaning clothing: wear without wear
Imagine a world without dirty clothes. Quoc Truong, physical scientist at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, wants to make that a reality. “As a single father of four, I fully understand the rationale for self-cleaning clothing, especially when I look back to the time when my children were younger,” Truong said. “So, when [...]
Insect-repelling Uniforms now available to all Soldiers
Factory-treated, insect-repelling Army Combat Uniforms that until now were issued only to Soldiers deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan, and some other overseas locations, will now be available to all Soldiers. The new uniform, called the “ACU-P,” uses the chemical permethrin to ward off insects such as ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and chiggers. Permethrin has been extensively tested [...]
Kevlar bike shorts, female aviator uniforms among gear in works
Despite the nation’s budget woes, efforts to develop and distribute gear that will enable Soldiers to be more lethal and resilient in any environment will continue to be supported, predicted Program Executive Officer Brig. Gen. Peter Fuller, Thursday. Fuller spoke at a PEO-Soldier media roundtable at the Pentagon about gear featured in the agency’s fiscal [...]
North Korean troop’s new uniform alarms South Korea
Some North Korean troops stationed along the border have donned a camouflage uniform similar to that worn by South Koreans, apparently to practice intrusion drills, a defence ministry official said Tuesday. The move prompted the South to advance the supply of new uniforms for its own troops to avoid confusion, the official told journalists in [...]
Army fields flame-resistant uniforms
ARLINGTON, Va.: The Army has begun to deploy special, high-tech flame-resistant uniforms engineered to safeguard Soldiers in aircraft and armored vehicles who could be exposed to fire and flames during an attack, service officials said. Called Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble, or FREE, the uniforms are manufactured with specially-knit flame-resistant fabrics designed to provide lightweight protection [...]
Army issues instructions for painting M16s, M4s
WASHINGTON: Soldiers already have uniforms that blend them into their surroundings. Now there’s instructions on how to have a weapon that blends in too. In April, the Army released instructions on how Soldiers can apply spray paint to their M4 or M16 rifle, without decreasing the effectiveness of either the weapon or the installed optics. [...]
Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan to get new MultiCam uniforms, boots, gear
WASHINGTON: Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will be issued the new “MultiCam” fire-resistant Army Combat Uniform complete with new Mountain Combat Boots and MultiCam-patterned Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, or MOLLE, gear beginning in July. At mobilization sites throughout the U.S., the uniform will be issued to deploying troops as part of the Rapid Fielding Initiative process, [...]
Navy Working Uniform Now Authorized Off Base
WASHINGTON: The Navy Working Uniform (NWU) is now authorized for wear off-base, during routine stops and at eating establishments during the prescribed workday. In NAVADMIN 188/09, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Gary Roughead, expanded the occasion for wear policy, which has been in place for six months. Roughead consistently stated that the possibility for [...]
