Comments on: Glow-in-the-dark cammies

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:57:45 +0000

I am wanting to know how I can tell if my camo glowes in the low light conditions for hunting purposes. I tried a black light and not satisfied.

By: Army Girl

Army Girl — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:24:37 +0000

I attended the “Train the Trainer” class on how to care for the Army’s ACU uniforms… and after reading the list over carefully of the ingredients that the detergent should not carry, I was able to find TWO that could be purchased in any local store.

I can’t remember what they are now, because all of us stopped caring quite a while ago… since whilst deployed we turn our laundry in to the launderers and they washed it in whatever was cheaply sold to the govment anyway.

I just wanted to add as well that we’re also not supposed to use fabric softener, of any sort. None in the detergent and none at all in the sheet type.

If the Army really was concerned about such things, they should have done what they do with every other issue in the military… dummed it down… sold only one type of detergent in the PX, or have been more sensible with the uniforms to begin with.

By: Dirtyblueshirt

Dirtyblueshirt — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:05:03 +0000

I’ve got 4 poopie suits (that run ~$50 each once you’re done getting all the bells and whistles sewn on) that demonstrate why the Navy needs cammies.

Unfortunately it means that we no longer have to iron our working uniforms, because those of us who keep the rods up, the shafts spinning, the planes flying, and our steel home from dissolving into the ocean have nothing better to do than put a hot rock on the clothes we’re going to work in.

This “screw-up” actually counters the best argument against the cammies: All we have to do is wash our uniforms with optical brighteners and give the SAR guys near-IR nightvision. I’m pretty sure even a flight crew can manage to find the glowing thing in the ocean.

By: CPT J

CPT J — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:34:30 +0000

Guess the zoomies now won’t have to wear those wide reflective fashion belts when walking around the base after dark.

Just wear your ABUs for that “deer in the headlights look”…

By: JAS

JAS — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:29:19 +0000

Too easy – check out the laundry products sold at any ‘natural’ or ‘health food’ store. The manufacturers specifically list that they do not contain optical brighteners. For example, the “Ecover” brand touts that their products don’t contain optical brighteners, and the “Seventh Generation” brands don’t contain optical brighteners either.

By: P-3W

P-3W — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:32:22 +0000

Hmmm, SeniorD, smart man! We were in the unfortunate position of embarking on a camping trip with the young gel to Glacier Park and she soooo didn’t want to go with us. SNO got to stay home (since he had to go to work and feed the cats) and she never did understand that those three years between them actually made a difference in how we treated them! Her nose was so bent out of joint for the first day that she was smelling sideways.

We ended up having a terrific time — toured all the parking lots searching for all 50 state and Canadian Province license plates at every opportunity and I think we found them. Even a trailer from Hawaii.

But PMS for Poor Me Syndrome stuck in our house when someone got the whingies. Made the boy straighten up a little quicker when we pegged him with it.