I served in the Army from 1976- 1983. I got to witness this camouflage dance 1st hand. My 1st issued uniforms were the OD Green Starched uniforms where once you wore them once the creases would no longer be visible so you had to wear a newly washed and starched one each day. Shortly after I arrived in W. Germany the uniform once again changed from Starchies to Permanent Press that we immediately started calling Permanent Wrinkles as they after a few washes would hold Wrinkles along with the Permanent creases. Then just before I left Germany we had yet another change into the Woodland Camo pattern. So once again I had to completely change out my entire supply of uniforms and Tankers Coveralls. Sure the Army helped with each change by issuing everyone 3 uniforms and 1 Jacket to match, but most of us went through 1 uniform a day and sometimes 2. So with the Laundry service taking 7 days from turn in to getting them back almost everyone had 8 to 15 uniforms and usually 2 Jackets and liners. Watching how military camouflage has evolved has been interesting to say the least and I've counted along with my 3 changes at least 15 different types since the days of the OD Starchies. Hopefully this newest evolution will finally be the last one