Great Moments in U.S. Military History

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | June 6, 2011 | +

Just wonderin'

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Wagner, Alpha Co., 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, smokes a cigarette in the rain during down time at Puk Puk Airfield on Townsville Training Area, Australia, Oct. 14, 2010. Marines and Sailors attached to Alpha Co., 1st Bn., 3rd Mar. Reg. deployed to Australia for Exercise Hamel, the Australian Infantry Battalion's dismounted combined arms training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith/Released)

Sure, we are engaged in 2.5 wars. Sure, troops are dying overseas on a near-daily basis. Sure, budgets are tight and getting tighter. Sure, troops are coming home with PTSD — or PTS. Sure, military families are frazzled and stressed beyond all get-out. So why are the Army and Marines waging war over who gets to wear what kind of camouflage?

Related Topics: Army, Marines, Military, National Security, Pentagon, Troops

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