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We're dropping some camo trivia today! Give us your best guess, NO GOOGLE! What year was MARPAT fully adopted into service by the US Marine Corps? A: 2001 B: 2002 C: 2000 D: 2004

The history of uniform and camouflage development for the Pacific during the WWII era is particularly fascinating, and foreshadowed logistical difficulties that continue to plague quartermasters and procurement specialists to this day. - Early WWII saw Imperial Japanese ground forces demonstrating expert mastery of thick jungle terrain in the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Hong Kong, Burma, and French Indochina. In these early battles, Allied leadership was stymied by a highly mobile Japanese combat force that used specialized equipment and tactics to navigate the "impenetrable" jungle terrain. Japanese troops surprised their enemies with individual camouflage techniques that allowed them to melt into the landscape. - In July 1942, General Douglas MacArthur ordered the Quartermaster Corps to procure 150,000 sets of specialized jungle equipment, with samples of the new jungle uniform and equipment rushed to US forces in Australia for evaluation in August. As for the uniform itself, the initial one-piece "jungle suit" concept was quickly abandoned for a two-piece design completed by the spring of '43. By mid‐1943, both Army and USMC camo uniforms evolved similar characteristics: a two‐piece design, large cargo pockets, suspenders, and the addition of gas protective features. While fit and function had definitely been improved, a different (major) problem quickly manifested. To be continued in part 2...

We know it's still winter, but we're looking forward to camping weather and looking at the stars under on NODs (It's the real reason you buy them, be honest) 🤩

New Year, same me 💅 (with a few more books on guerilla warfare..)

Gun question of the day. If you could only have one, which are you taking? A) Piston Rifle, or B) Direct Impingement What are you topping it with A) Red dot/ Holographic, or B) Magnified optic?

POV: You asked Santa to bless you and the boys with an RC car and new Red Ryders. He went above and beyond 🙏 #SantasLittleHelperz

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Getting granular with camo, we’re fascinated with the science of how it works. Visual perception naturally categorizes things in the world as separate objects. To interpret a field of images, your brain has to break it down into component parts. For example, if your brain perceives a long, vertical area of brown with green blotches connected to it, you perceive a tree. And when your brain perceives many individual trees in a given area, you perceive a forest. We’re here to turn you into a tree.