New ABU's

[Duck]

The problem is that the idiots designing this stuff have never actually been in battle.

I think this pretty much sums up the whole problem with the uniform.

[jazzdude]

The airman battle ensemble is comprised of the coat, pants and battle shirt. It is basically a tactical fire resistant adaptation of the current ABU. The ABE is the core of the ABS-G.

Battle shirt? Really? Can I wear my "battle" shirt while I stroll down the "combat" sidewalk?

Look more into the battle shirt- seems like a pretty good idea. Basically, but the arms off the blouse and attach it to a t-shirt so you don't have extra layers under body armor that you'd have if you wore the usual blouse + undershirt. I'm pretty sure that the AF borrowed this idea from the army.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/10/...uniform_101008/