the army switched from bdu to acu in late 2006.
the army switched from bdu to acu in late 2006.
when did the army switch from bdu to acu?
late 2006
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the army combat uniform (acu), also known as the ocp uniform in the air force, and its flame-retardant variant, the flame-resistant army combat uniform (fracu), are the current combat uniform worn by the united states army and united states air force.









































first unveiled in june 2004, it is the successor to the battle dress uniform (bdu) and desert camouflage uniform (dcu) worn from the 1980s and 1990s through to the mid-2000s, respectively. it is also the successor to the airman battle uniform for the u.s. air force.









































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in 2004, the u.s. army unveiled the army combat uniform (acu), its successor to the bdu. from late 2005 to early 2008, the u.s. army undertook the process of replacing the bdu with the acu, with the bdu being formally discontinued by the army in april 2008 (though most soldiers had been wearing the acu for years by then). the army junior rotc followed suit thereafter in 2009.
battle dress uniform