1980s: The woodland camouflage pattern was officially introduced in 1981 with the new Battle Dress Uniform (BDU). American troops wear woodland camouflage during the Grenada invasion in 1983.

When you think of "camouflage," there's a good chance the first image that comes to mind is the woodland pattern on the Battle Dress Uniform. From 1981 until the early 2000s, this was the one ...

The Battle Dress Uniform in woodland camouflage was first issued in 1981 and has a ... there haven't been any official surveys to determine how many Soldiers still have the BDUs or Desert BDUs, ...

Why are some troops donning woodland camouflage? ... chose to dress all its troops in the more traditional green fatigues—commonly referred to as woodland BDUs—rather than have only some don ...