What are the opinions of those who live in colder climates on owning the U.S. Army’s New Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System? Is something like this available to civilians? I'm clueless.

http://www.adstactical.com/about_ads/gen3_ecwcs.htm

I found this comment on it:

"During Operation Mountain Lion I found myself praying for bad weather, the first time in my military career I was actually begging for a cold front to come through. I knew my soldiers could handle it and the enemy couldn't. ECWCS allowed my men to outlast the enemy on their own terrain. When the enemy was forced out of the mountains due to the bitter cold to take shelter, that's when we got them."
-- LTC Christopher Cavoli, US Army 10th Mountain Division, Afghanistan

Simon