User blog comment:USMC Lance/U.S. Marines need new combat uniforms!!!!!!/@comment-173.24.107.5-20120205025150

Why would the Marine Corps want to replace MAR-PAT? It is one of the most effective camouflage patterns ever designed, exponentially better than the Army's ACU-PAT in almost all environments. Available in Woodland, Desert, and Arctic variations, it provides the Marine Corps with tactical flexibility. And by the way, the Army used a single uniform for over 25 years. M81 Woodland, printed on the Battle Dress Uniform, was first issued in 1981 and began to be phased out in 2005.