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Looking pretty good. NIce job on the figures so far. One note though, the body armor should also be in UCP (Universal Camo Pattern) like the rest of the uniforms. The USMC uses the Cayote Brown body armor, not the US Army.
Here is a pic of Army Soldiers wearing UCP ACUs (Army Combat Uniform) and body armor (and a Brit Soldier thrown in for good measure).
Not always the case, even with big Army. During my deployment many of us wore personally bought plate carriers with the issued soft armor and SAPI plates inside. Mine was multi cam, others were coyote. They rode much more comfortably, held the side plates properly and didn't wear out quickly like the issued plate carriers which wore out in a matter of months. Then again we were national guard guys who were off on our own at our own little COP and are certainly not SF, just MP's and CAV guys.
That said, when the brass was around we generally hid that stuff... gotta have that uniformity, protection be damned... I have seen units(AC 82nd) however that did buy Eagle vests with COTS funds and issued them out, and they were in coyote.
Frankly, without a picture of a specific vehicle, I think you'd be hard pressed to be proven wrong these days.
Steve
