User blog comment:USMC Lance/U.S. Marines need new combat uniforms!!!!!!/@comment-4514662-20111215025112/@comment-1751442-20111215133153

Why are you getting concerned over this? Is the MARPAT bad? Maybe it's just that the UCP isn't good and needs a replacement? And the regular Army is the larger and more well funded force compared to the Marine Corps anyway. Also the Mk. 17 is being issued to USSOCOM, not regular army units, the M4A1 is just a fully automatic capable version of the M4, engagements for regular Marine and Army units usually have them firing in semi-automatic anyway, the fully automatic role is filled by M249s or M240s