hitmanNo2 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 The government not being able to make up their mind? Whatever next? Link to post Share on other sites
Snoop-Uk Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Whilst I understand congress wanting to standardize what will this mean for people like marines who patented the pattern just for their branch use. Marpat was one of the inspirations behind ucp which unfortunately got picked in SPITE of the fact lab testing insisted it was the worst choice Sent from my XT890 using Tapatalk 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jagdraben Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 The government not being able to make up their mind? Whatever next? I hear there might be a government shut down.... Whilst I understand congress wanting to standardize what will this mean for people like marines who patented the pattern just for their branch use. Marpat was one of the inspirations behind ucp which unfortunately got picked in SPITE of the fact lab testing insisted it was the worst choice Sent from my XT890 using Tapatalk 4 It will mean that the Marines will have two choices: Either give up the patent and allow all the services to use MARPAT or get stuck with whatever the Army foists on everyone else. The smallest non-policing branch of the US military versus the largest... I'm pretty sure we know where it's going to go, regardless of what the Marines choose to do. Link to post Share on other sites
Snoop-Uk Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Kind of a shame the marines chose to patent marpat to play on the psychological warfare and for the most part they do seem to have a reputation of being quite tougg . Sent from my XT890 using Tapatalk 4 Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I hear there might be a government shut down.... They're seriously discussing this now? I would have thought they had more important things to sort out first... Link to post Share on other sites
Jagdraben Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 They're seriously discussing this now? I would have thought they had more important things to sort out first... I was joking. Are you? Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I was not. To be honest, I really wouldn't put it past them considering how bat *suitcase* insane they are. Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 IMO the marines will probably keep the marpat patent and get issued the new cross services pattern whatever it will be, but will probably allow (or unofficially encourage) the wearing of marpat Link to post Share on other sites
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