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| FOB Salerno (Unsuccessfully) Attacked Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT
Those who followed our embed coverage back in May know we spent a few days at Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan. FOB Salerno is a major support base that hosts the TF Rakkasan tactical operation center, the medivac helo detachment, the Red Horse artillery unit, and myriad other regionally important outfits. FOB Salerno was attacked on Saturday, and we’re pleased to report that ISAF sustained no casualties while 21 insurgents were killed. According to the report the bad guys were dressed up in ACUs — the same tactic they used when they attacked Bagram in mid-May. So we pass “well done” to our friends at Salerno with the knowledge that they will remain vigilant as they continue the mission. (Ward’s Blackberry-cam photo: View from media hooch across the wire at FOB Salerno looking towards Pakistan.) |
| RUMINT: Aussies Going MultiCam Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:51 AM PDT
An alert Kit Up! reader tipped us off to something he’d heard about the Australian Special Operations Task Groups, or SOTGs, going MultiCam. Now, we already reported last week the Air Force is jumping on the OCP/MC bandwagon(talk about finally making what was “un” official “official”), and we know the Brits have made their own version of MultiCam to replace the DPM scheme. Well, it appears as if the Aussies are following their UK brethren in adopting at least some variant of the MultiCam for themselves — or for their snake eaters in Afghanistan. Now, this kind of bums me out, because as far as desert camo uniforms go, I’ve always believed the Auscam Desert pattern was the best of all the patterns in the OEF coalition. It’s got the perfect blend of old school GI Joe and new tech color swatches. As the picture above shows, the colors work well on a rocky, desert-like brush background and will blend in to all but the greenest of environments. And their woodland/jungle works just fine too when the foliage gets a bit greener. So why (if true, and that’s a big IF) would the ADF join the Crye bandwagon? Not sure…but I throw it out there to our readers to fill in the blanks here. EDITOR’S NOTE: A big thanks to Military.com Editor and blogger extraordinaire Ward Carroll for filling in for me while I’m taking some vacation time. I’ll be posting here and there through the next week, but Ward will still be posting while I soak up some much-needed rays. And I’m glad to see you all dig his stuff…That’s why he’s the bossman… |
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