New Insignia Coming to U.S. Air Force and Space Force Uniforms
Air and Space Force personnel will soon have to get new insignia and nametapes for their uniforms:
The Air Force and Space Force are changing the look of nametapes on their camouflage uniforms to make them easier to read, the Air Force announced Thursday.
The services will move to a lighter, three-color pattern for rank insignia lettering of occupational badges, nametapes and service identifiers that should make ranks and names easier to see on the Operational Camouflage Pattern — OCP — utility uniform.
“We received significant feedback that prompted this update,” Lisa Truesdale, the Air Force’s military force management policy deputy director, said in a statement. “The current rank insignia, badges, name and service tapes on the OCP uniform are sometimes challenging to see against a seven-color background.”
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Hmmm… why not just go back to blue tapes with white letters and shiny metal. Suurely that was more easy -o-read?
Camoflauge is supposed to be hard to distinguish from surroundings.
Or am I missing the point? Will they be removing all the easy-to-read bits in combat? Stowing them in a pocket somewhere?