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New FOBBIT camouflage blends perfectly with gravel, plywood, and computers

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1542

AFGHANISTAN — This week, the U.S. military fields a new camouflage pattern specifically crafted for those soldiers who spend entire deployments behind Hesco barriers and out of harm's way.

Issued to TOC Jockeys, PowerPoint Rangers, and Intel Weenies across the services, the so-called "FOBBIT" print features details perfectly at home in the sterile, pseudo-war environment of a Forward Operating Base, or FOB.

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