In the Army Infantry I've always preferred wearing the "Field" top with the Combat pants. The Combat pants having built in knee pads that don't shift around and the Field top having more pockets and protection than a Combat shirt

I’m really enjoying the waist down angle on this video.

I totally agree with the concept of the field/combat uniform still being totally serviceable. Holes and tears are not good to go. One thing ive done to mitigate a failure in the field is put an additional patch on places i expect more wear and tear (like the knees and the crotch) so if a tear does happen there are more layers that ha e maintained their integrity. Ive also heard of people sewing on large patches of their seabags onto the front of their uniforms.

I was told as a young private, 23 years ago, that you have to be a good garrison soldier to be a good field soldier. In other words keep your gear servicable and clean.

FInd book "jungle snafus and remidieds by kerry. last printed in 94 I think. WELL WORTH read. especially bug protection. try merirno wool skivies, YES in the jungle and desert.

On the Army side, the field OCPs (the “Multicam” field uniform) that I started with is an okay uniform. Tough, but doesn’t breathe all that well. And the zipper pockets on the sleeves are prone to breaking, but at least it’s quieter than the velcro pockets on the UCP tops. A few years ago, they came out with the hot weather version which is phenomenal. Very light, very breathable, and pretty tough. They ditch the zipper pockets for buttons, which I prefer. The only problem they have is that they get sun-bleached over time, except for the reinforced knees, elbows and crotch, so if you wear them a long time, it’s almost fucking white everywhere except those spots. The reinforcement points are ripstop, but they finally shit the bed on one of my pants that I had to retire after regular use for about 3 years. Definitely worth the money I spent on them. They also issued us FRACUs, which is the same cut as the standard OCP. The FRACU pants seem to rip pretty easily, and when they do, they open up real fucking fast and are beyond patching. I never wore them much after that. And as with all things military issued, the combat uniform left a bit to be desired. The combat pants were actually pretty good: flame retardant, accepted soft knee pads like what Crye makes, and tough as shit. Their one hangup is that they’re a bit warm. The combat shirt, however, just sucks in moisture and fails to breathe at all. I stopped using them in favor of the summer top, and the other pants I had when I was overseas, minus the FRACUs.

The Marine Corps flight suit era was legit. I was lucky enough to be a part of it in a weapons company from 2007-2008 in the Haditha AO but they were starting to issue the FROG gear to our relief as we were leaving Iraq. Also I can tell you were/are a Marine E5 or above based upon the cadence of your profanity and lack of patience with ratty ass cammies. But you are right that mosquitoes, ticks, and chiggers will exploit holes in cammies. Learned that lesson the hard way.

We only ever had utilities and I always thought that they were comfortable in the field and worked well

Always solid content dude. Thanks for taking the time to spread some knowledge!

I slept in my FROGs all the time on deployments. After nothing but field cammies for the longest time the FROGs felt like comfy pajamas.

Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

Paul E Ison I had met when I was 17 at a retirement home in Florida and I got the last picture and signed from him when he passed away a few months later . I talked to him about that picture and what he was doing and he said he took out a machine gun nest because it had the Marines pinned down and as that picture was being taken he was being shot at by the machine gun . He took out two machine gun nests that day.

Lots of great points. I have to disagree about the skivy shirts. Merino wool shirts are the best they keep you cool in the heat and warm in the cold. They don't hold onto moisture. Plus they are natural so they burn just like cotton. Yeah they are expensive but totally worth it I have the same shirts I wore 10 years ago but now I wear them hunting instead of in combat. I had a lot of guys who didn't wear skivy shits and got rashs and other skin problems from they blouse rubbing them under their gear. I also wore merino wool underwater and socks. We got issued darn tough socks which are amazing.

I still have my swim cammies. They are almost white! I would have been scared to go to the field in them as they are marginally serviceable!

Can attest to losing pants first, lost two within a 6 month span (deployed environment)

Whats your opinion on using specific detergents to prevent UV glow?

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I know this might be a minor remark but do keep in mind that where the Marines are looking to deploy next, being SE Asia and the Pacific, the Chinese still do practice use with flame throwers, In addition with squad level automatic grenade launchers (I believe this is the PLANMC). These weapons in mind, in combination with the hot and humid climate, I think the combat uniform looks really nice, as you'll want that flame retardency. At the same time if the uniform gets caught on anything in the jungle (because of course it will) it's gonna get a bit shred up. Edit: didn't finish the video before this comment. I wonder if there are frog base layers you can wear under your utility?

didn't know that frog pants were kinda fragile,specially when they feel so sturdy,another thing i didnt know was that cotton was organically flame resistant,i actually tough it was the other way around,i normally tend to avoid it because is a little bit uncomfortable,catches a lot of sweat and takes forever to dry,i hate it lmao,both types of uniform are great regardless

I have a set of Crye Precision, its definitely a lot more durable than the FROGs. Its also got rip stop in it which is nice. No digital camo famo patterns though.

Re-treating some stuff shortly myself...still frickin tic season here.

Beyond Clothing makes an “Equatorial” field blouse garment, for just such an occasion. Not in our pattern, unfortunately. I dig a German BW style Smock (Leo Kohler) or Brit smock (Artis, Keela), for weather other than summer/equatorial/ black flag WBGTI conditions. Obviously not Berry Amendment compliant, not in MARPAT, not in compliance with MCO’s.

IR signature from the spray treatment? Seems like it would make you glow like a light bulb under NVGs.

I love u Ssgt

That 🐫 toe cannot go unmentioned.

Any recs on a good solid color shirt top that will somewhat work with woodland bdu pants? Considering maybe a TRU shirt.

Do you have any recommendations for detergents? I know on the inside of cammies it says to not use detergent with optical brighteners, so out of curiosity I looked at all the detergent at the px but I wasn't able to find any that didn't contain optical brighteners. Is it that big of a deal?

Do you recommend using a regular or a hot weather field uniform?

Personally, I wish the Marine Corps would issue just one combat/field uniform for everything. Never was a fan of the issued Cammies. And FROGS suck durability wise.

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Would you recommend a mostly merino wool hunting type pant?

I got a real nasty scar from a flak with a sagging plate carrier rubbing against one of my field uniform buttons. Now I have a skin tag there so I'm usually wearing a cotton tee. Still using a Gen 2 flak and it will still rub there. Any advice for me? I'm in one of those blessed units where they want us to wear undershirts and weren't fond of me unbuttoning the top button (not the boot camp one).

What you say about combat clothes being more fragile mainly applies for shirts right? Pants aren’t that fragile

Does the permethrin act as a highlight for infrared light? Just want to know in advance.

Anyone familiar, do the Army FRACU field uniforms suffer the same durability issues over NyCo that the USMC FROG uniforms do?

never had a problem wearing silkies for under wear

BRING BACK FROGSKIN CAMO… that is all..

Find cryes. I know its different for the marine fellas.

Field all the way! Combat uniform is far too high speed.

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