US desert 3 color camouflage pattern

Soon after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq (as is well known, in the year 1990), the US DOD (U.S. Department of Defense = essentially our Ministry of Defense) was faced with a clear threat that it didn't yet have a clear answer to at that time: namely, to equip a large volume of its combat units in camouflage uniforms suitable for long-term desert warfare. This was a time when most military personnel/people deployed in operations "Desert Shield" and "Desert Storm" were still standardly wearing the usual Woodland BDU or, in better cases, six-color desert camouflage DBDU.

Fortunately, it was already clear to the US military that this wouldn't suffice for long, so it quickly deployed from development a new camouflage pattern suitable for deserts, but designed to be more fitting for areas with much less vegetation and predominantly sandy. This also applies to areas like North Africa or Western Asia. This final camouflage pattern was seen in its first prototypes about 1989, but the full official introduction of this three-color camouflage pattern occurred two years later, with a few samples appearing during the "Desert Storm" operation.