[ninty]

First time we went to Afghanistan, we did not hae enough Desert camo to go around since the pattern was so new.

However this time, every soldier in Roto 0 has 2 or 3 pair of Tempered Woodland (Green) CADPAT, as well as 2 or 3 pair of Arid CADPAT (Brown). So the soldiers get to choose which they want to wear. This depends on a number of things.

1) A lot of work is done at night time. Desert uniforms can be picked up more easily by the naked eye and by night vision. Therefore, the darker uniforms at night are better.

2) There are trees in Afghanistan. Yes it is a desert, but there is quite a bit of shrubs and things like that.

3) To distinguish the Canadians from the rest of the international troops. Especially the Americans. Not to be disrespectful or anything, but a lot of people don't like the US. I'm sure a lot of people in Afghanistan don't like Canadians or other western countries either, but if we wear desert camo, we could be mistaken for US troops and become targets.

4) Higher ups tell you to put on the TW camo.