OCP for All Services?

The Army announced this year that Scorpion II, a multicam-type pattern owned by the Army, will replace the ugly and ineffective greenish-gray digital camo currently in service (it's called OCP). This comes after congress passed a law last year calling for all four military services to return to a common camo pattern.

Some have suggested the Marine "Marpat" for all services, but I think something bigger is brewing. I think the Army's decision to start aggressively implementing a "new" camo, one that is already well-liked and widely used, is a signal that the battle-proven multicam will be pushed as the new military-wide camo. It's already being worn by all four overseas services in Afghanistan - a degree of universality that hasn't been seen since the BDU and DCU were dumped. And I think in a peeing contest between the tiny USMC and the Army Juggernaut, the Army will probably get its way. Either pattern (MARPAT and Scorpion) will serve our troops fine. But I really expect that, when the chest beating and anatomy measuring is all said and done, we'll see Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines in the brown and green spotted OCP.