The process of replacing the Army's Woodland (in use since 1981) and Three Color Desert pattern BDU and DCU with the ACU was to begin in April 2005; however, the process began two months earlier through the Rapid Fielding Initiative.
The process of replacing the Army's Woodland (in use since 1981) and Three Color Desert pattern BDU and DCU with the ACU was to begin in April 2005. The process began two months earlier through the Rapid Fielding Initiative. This was however.