08/10/14
Prepping.
If you are a prepper, you probably have some camo gear in your house somewhere. It could be a pair of woodland BDU pants, a milsurp ACU MOLLE load bearing vest or your favorite trucker cap. If you are a dude, you have camo and you can't even try to deny it.
Camouflage patters can be found on everything from socks to hats. Why is camouflage so popular? I really can't answer that other by saying that camo is just bad ass. As a pepper, I have lots of camo gear. My MOLLE Rig is woodland BDU and I have several pairs of woodland BDU pants and tops. All of my backpacks are camo. But when should I chose not to wear camo clothes? What situation would call for a "civilian" appearance?
Camouflage patterns aren't limited to multicolor camos, they could be solid color. To me, there are two looks: Tactical and Civilian. I guess there is also Military style and non-military style.
If I'm going for a hike in the woods or a mock bug out, I'll wear my BDUs and my pack will be matching but if I'm going to watch a parade, I'll wear my tan cargo pants and a polo shirt.
My EDC pack is a black 5.11 MOAB 6 sling bag. The color black can go with pretty much any clothing you wear. My daily attire usually consists of blue jeans and a t-shirt or collared shirt, my pack needs to match. It sounds girly but its not; I don't want to look like that grandmas basement dwelling Pizza Hut loving COD Hobbit.
If you have woodland camo pants, you can wear a shirt that is black, OD, gray, brown or pretty much any other earthly color; you will look like an idiot wearing woodland BDU pants and an ACU or digital navy camo shirt. That applies to packs as well.
We are post 9/11/01 and if you show up at the carnival looking like Marty Militia, you will get unwanted attention. People will call you a suspicious person and say things like "who wears stuff like that here?"
My point is that YOU DON'T WANT TO STICK OUT! Be the sheepdog in sheep attire.
People will view you in a certain way based on your appearance so if you walk into a movie theater to see the next Batman, and you're dressed up like the Joker, people will look at you and probably think of James Holmes and the Aurora CO theater shooting. Don't be that guy.
I recently decided that I need a non-camo tactical pack because I'm a card carrying member of the American Red Cross and by the end of the month, I'll be on my local DAT. I needed a pack that I could wear to local events such as carnivals and I needed a pack that would specifically be used for responding to disasters. So I went with an EDC tactical assault bag (knock off of a Rothco Medium Transport Bag) in Red with black MOLLE webbing.
If I am bugging out when the SHTF or doing non-community work during times of crisis, I'll stick to camo. When I'm doing work with the ARC or my local EMS, I'll go without camo. You should do the same.
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