Camo tested in Afghanistan

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Soldiers in an Army camouflage assessment team wear the following patterns (from left): AOR II, current universal pattern, Multicam, Desert Brush, ACU-Delta and Mirage.


Camo tested in Afghanistan
By Matthew Cox - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 10, 2009 6:24:48 EST

The small team of soldiers knew the enemy was watching them from above.

Each of the soldiers could see the two armed Afghans spying on them through binoculars from their mountaintop perch northeast of Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan.

“All of the sudden the spotters disappeared,” said Program Executive Office Soldier’s Lt. Col. Mike Sloane, a member of the nine-man team formed to help evaluate alternative camouflage patterns. The effort could result in a new pattern for Afghanistan by late January.

Eight members of the team left the safety of Salerno that Oct. 20 morning to take photographs of six camouflage patterns against the rugged Afghan terrain. One team member remained in over-watch at a nearby observation post.

Music announcing a late-morning Muslim call to prayer echoed over the landscape. The next sound the soldiers heard was the whoosh of incoming rockets.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/army_camouflage_120909w/