The final wear-out date for the Army Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) and Desert Batde Dress Uniform is April 30.
The Army began phasing out the woodland and desertpattered uniforms June 14, 2004, with debut of the digital-patterned Army Combat Uniform (ACU).
Army officials said the ACU is a product of the service's emphasis on continuous improvement.
"We took a look the combat usability of what was once a good uniform, and based upon feedback from the field, decided to improve it and fix the many problems reported," said Sgt. Maj. Katrina L. Easley, uniform policy sergeant major at Army G-I. "There were at least 20 changes made and the result is the current ACU."
All brown T-shirts, black combat boots and green and black jungle boots, woodland and desert-camouflage caps, olive-drab-green name and U.S. Army tapes, subduedolive-green shoulder-sleeve insignlas and the black rigger belt and web belt with openfaced black buckle also become obsolete April 30.
Soldiers can continue to wear the black-knit cap and the black micro-fleece-knit cap with the cold-weather woodland-camouflage field jacket until Sept. 30, they said.
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Source: National Guard
