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The comments made regarding Velcro and zippers are spot on. Noise may not be a major issue, but servicability in the field certainly is. Buttons are easy to sew back on. Not so with velcro and zippers.
Patches? Too many patches to begin with, let alone stuck on with velcro. Name, rank, and the words "US ARMY" are sufficient. Save all the bells and whistles for the dress uniforms where they belong.
Digital camo? Cool, but as they admitted, one size does not fit all, nor does one pattern fit all backgrounds. None of the current camo patterns is perfect, but at least they admitt that the world does not have one homogenous backdrop. The Corps, at least has two different patterns.
Everything else? <shrug, yawn, so what>. They still haven't fixed the worst problem with the uniforms---the material they're made of. Cotton, polyester, or poly/cotton sucks as a uniform material. Cotton is a sponge (minor problem in hot weather, major problem in cold weather), polyester melts and sticks to skin when exposed to heat and/or flame (both are occupational hazards), and poly/cotton gets it all.
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