Forest Green or Desert Sand?
With a tiny footprint in Afghanistan, the Marines are about to take a bigger step into the Taliban's backyard.
Marines are psyched about heading to Afghanistan, but the real question is what color uniform will they wear forest green or desert sand? Northern Afghanistan has what's left of ancient forests, and there are Marines in country who wear green "cammies", but down south, in Kandahar, is much more arid and most of the Marines running around with the Afghan police and military units wear desert sand.
US Marines relish Afghan mission
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (AFP) — Some of them have never left American soil, but at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, troops from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit say they can't wait to be deployed to Afghanistan. cont..
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