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The Marines Want a Next-Gen Combat Utility Uniform. Here’s What Could Change

Jan 29, 2021 | Military

The Marine Corps wants to upgrade its combat utility uniform, a move officials say could save the service millions of dollars and provide wearers with better protection in the field.

Marines currently have two separate utility uniforms they wear outside tropical environments: the digital-patterned combat utility uniform and flame-resistant organizational gear, known as the FROG combat uniform. The combat utility uniform provides signature mitigation, designed to camouflage a Marine from possible enemy detection, but no flame protection. The FROG gives flame protection and signature mitigation, but it’s significantly more expensive, officials said, and not as durable or comfortable as the combat uniform.

Marine Corps Systems Command is on the hunt for a uniform that combines the benefits of the two.

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