Well, after the Canadian army was sent to Afghanistan wearing GREEN camouflage (and had to resort to painting their uniforms brown), Uncle Zhon had to do something to save face. Hence the order to come up with a new type of camo that would be so revolutionary, even the US Marines would want to copy it.

Funny, how sometimes the best thing that can happen to the military is a politician who desperately needs to save face ... <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />