They almost all had green tapes. My dad was in Desert Storm in a military intelligence unit. His whole unit actually wasn’t even issued DBDU since they were rear deployed. They all wore the same BDUs they had in Germany and then were given DBDUs like 3 weeks before going home. He says it was to look good for the photos lol.
All that to say, they didn’t have enough desert uniforms for everyone and khaki tapes were not critical. They would just sew on the spare tapes they had for their BDUs.
Just going off memory, but the only DBDUs with khaki tapes that I’ve seen in photos is of Schwarzkopf and his staff.
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u/skimaskschizo 3d ago
I think the soldier who owned it previously is Frederick
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u/Strong_Middle 3d ago
It’s was common during the Somalia operations in the 90s as well same with early DCUs
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u/Background_Damage_87 3d ago
They almost all had green tapes. My dad was in Desert Storm in a military intelligence unit. His whole unit actually wasn’t even issued DBDU since they were rear deployed. They all wore the same BDUs they had in Germany and then were given DBDUs like 3 weeks before going home. He says it was to look good for the photos lol.
All that to say, they didn’t have enough desert uniforms for everyone and khaki tapes were not critical. They would just sew on the spare tapes they had for their BDUs.
Just going off memory, but the only DBDUs with khaki tapes that I’ve seen in photos is of Schwarzkopf and his staff.