The Marine Corps’ yearslong camouflage uniform shortage is coming to an end. The Corps first observed a shortage of the woodland-pattern combat utility uniforms, the everyday outfits often known ...

Chuck Lambert, CEO of the uniform’s primary manufacturer, American Apparel Inc., told Marine Corps Times in August 2023 that the shortage happened thanks to inflation and a difficult labor market.

The shortage was first reported in summer 2022 according to Marine spokesman Maj. John Parry in a report by the Marine Corps Times. Marine recruits ordinarily receive three utility uniforms in the ...

The Marine Corps says it won’t have a full stock of the woodland-pattern camouflage combat utility uniform ― the everyday outfit for most Marines ― until summer or fall 2024.

Marine Corps recruits get sized during their first uniform fitting at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 11, 2023. Marines are famously meticulous about their uniforms.

Marines temporarily relax regulations due to camouflauge uniform shortage The Marine Corps can mix it up and wear desert camo instead of forest camo. Nicholas Slayton Sep 30, 2023 3:00 PM EDT ...

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz delivered a sobering update on Sept. 29 via an Instagram video. The uniform shortage will bedevil the ...

The Marine Corps has ended a plan to revamp its physical fitness uniform, according to the service. The initiative lasted nearly three years but produced no new uniform. In 2020, the service set ...

The Marine Corps is polling its constituency on a handful of proposals, from uniform changes to incentive pay, in a survey published this week in an administrative message. Marines were surveyed ...

The Marine Corps did not respond for a comment to FOX News Digital. The woodland camouflage has been the standard year-round uniform for the Marine Corps since 2016. USMC Seasonal Uniform Guidance ...