Just before I made my exit we were the fielders of the new 'high speed' ACU's. What a relief. Crotch was super resilient and buttons on the pants like the BDU's were major points. I don't remember what all they did. But we all gave it a big thumbs up. The secondary set we got trial versions of had some sort of coating on it that wouldn't absorb water. That was hotter than Benning in August. It went straight to the garbage.
They also issued some super high speed Danner's that were completely useless. Weighed about 5 pounds and the feet couldn't breath, so they would get drenched in sweat, then freeze at night.
So in the AAR we said that Uniform A was great, but why they insist on using a uniform pattern that is impractical and hideous. They replied, 'We are working that angle now'
In the end, after my departure, they were issued Multicam's and Merrells.
