Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...

The U.S. Army is updating its facial hair grooming policy in an Army Directive that resulted from a force-wide review of ...

George and Army G-1 Lt. Gen. Brian Eifler are to be commended for both the unprecedented administrative speed and pragmatic ...

Soldiers are permitted to sew the name tape, U.S. Army tape, rank, and all authorized badges on all camouflage patterns of the combat uniform, Universal Camouflage Pattern, OEF-CP, and OCP.

The current Army Combat Uniform top weighs in at about 650 grams, or about 1.4 pound – a good part of that is pockets and multiple layers of fabric, making it dry more slowly.

The Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) was first released for sale in 2015, replacing the Army Combat Uniform's (ACU) Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), which had last been updated in 2005 ...

The US Army made it mandatory for all soldiers to wear the new Army Combat Uniform with an Operational Camouflage Pattern on Oct. 1, 2019, a battle dress uniform designed to better camouflage ...

• Army combat uniforms with the gray-green universal camouflage pattern. • Flame-resistant Army combat uniforms using multicam, which has been issued to deploying soldiers since 2010.

Army Changes Combat Uniform Beret replaced for many; Velcro nixed By Kelvin Robinson • Published June 13, 2011 • Updated on June 13, 2011 at 1:03 pm ...

Female soldiers can now wear earrings with their Army Combat Uniform, but not in the field or in combat. Certain types of nail polish and lipstick will also be permitted.