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Old 02-28-2010, 01:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
Slims
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The Velro on ACU's is perfect for the office warrior, but is absolutely useless for people in the field.

It sticks to things it isn't supposed to causing a constant distraction, does not secure pockets well (try walking around with a grenade in your cargo pocket, there is no way to keep it closed on the ACU), wears out quickly and is generally a mute point as SOF Units don't wear it on missions and Conventional Units have to wear all their patches anyways (so why have velcro?).
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