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			<title>cowboyfive says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Those who say the color does not matter are mostly right, depending on the mission, the season and the enemy. The real giveaway is the sound of the vehicles and/or the presence of air cover loitering around your position if it is available. They are so loud that everyone knows you are coming or that you are there. For short term defensive work, having a well camoflauged vehicle leager to operate out of is helpful, while you are on the go, not so much. The ideal vehicles for much of the fighting are big fourwheelers with weapons mounts or even motorcycles in come cases. The casualty figures in A-stan are 'chunky' that is to say they tend to come in groups of 3 or 4 or 5, the number of people that tend to ride around in our ridicoulous MRAPS. The MRAPS make great targets in that they are enormous, lack manuverability, reduce situational awareness, isolate the soldiers from the populace and cannot go 99% of the places you need to go to properly fight a counterinsurgen cy. They are little mobile FOBs that give the impression of getting soldiers off the bases when in fact, they allow the soldiers to bring the bases with them. The enemy just builds bigger bombs to destroy them and it takes an army of recovery assets to go pick up the pieces when the MRAPs break down. We need to stop playing the enemy's game and fight where they are not. Get out of the MRAPs. 4 Wheelers make much smaller targets, much less noise, are less likely to trigger the heavy duty crush plates buried underground and less likely to get groups of soldiers killed than MRAPs. They give the ground commander the manuverability of light infantry with the speed and equipment carrying ability of being mounted. This is where we shoul dbe headed. not into mobile IED magnets like the MRAP.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>cowboyfive</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jake says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You know the Talibs just laugh at us when we chase our tail arguing about what color to paint our vehicles. They actually laugh at all the rest of the shit we carry in our battle load to and how we gripe about our boots and our body armor and the rest of it. If this war is to be won it will be because we have more guts than our enemy, not because of the color of our IFVs, the type of body armor or boots we have. 40 years ago the Viet-cong rarely defeated us tactically but they whupped us strategically with bare feet and a sock full of rice and a fishhead for chow. The Talibs don't have to WIN, they only need to TIE because a tie goes to the home team. Always has always will. Give me infantry squads lightly armed (read: highly mobile), highly motivated and taking the fight to the enemy. Instead we have a force which is primarily FOB'd up and arguing about whether we should lace our boots right over left or left over right. Get a f'n grip on the reality of warfare. To date the Taliban have shown more guts and determination than us and in war, short of nuclear annihilation guts is enough to win. Equipment is not our problem, what we have right now is 2 full generations better than what our enemy has arrayed against us. But they do have the only thing that matters in war and that is the INITIATIVE.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>neil w. mccabe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the same issue of Stars and Stripes that carried the story about the death of Father H. Timothy Vakoc, a chaplain injured in Iraq, the paper ran a photo of two men dressed at Catholic priests in a race carrying an outhouse with a sign: "Holy Crap." It still bothers me five months later. Given the new tone of the paper, I cannot believe it was a coincidence.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>neil w. mccabe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Juanita R Williamson says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to say Thank - You Michael for all your reports, I have learned a lot from them. As for the one who said it appears your beating your chest - I don't think your boasting on yourself,..Infa ct when I first visited your magizine, I was glad to see your "stat's" so to speak. It showed me that you have creditability in what your speaking about. As for colors,..I agree, it wouldn't matter what color they are, however the netting seems to be the best bet so far. I think the most important thing is, having them in the best working condition as possiable and having enough of them to get the job done.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Juanita R Williamson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Sean A. Fowler says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Paint 'em up Road Warrior style... Or WWII style, nose art and shark teeth.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sean A. Fowler</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ellie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So true and very sad.... "3. Innovation in wartime. Most scientists working for the MOD (and probably the same in the US) don't have a 'we're at war' mentality, so work gets done between 9am and 4.30pm. There's no need to hurry.....it's a long time to retirement and the regular monthly paycheck doesn't get any bigger (or smaller) if we work harder or more productively. War? What war?" I agree, new arrogance is present, but hey, he is the one in the **** putting his life on the line. I quit giving money when he started doing visits to Thailand and such. Not where I want my money spent, or on Michael Yon post cards sent to my home asking for money. Marketing is not what I had in mind for my donation.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ellie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Phonics says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[another great post--remineded me of my studies of WWII. In the early years of WWII planes were camo'd up--starting in/around 1944 bombers and fighters were touched up with squadron colors on nose/tails but the skin was naked--bright silver--shinnin g in the sun. Rational--why add more weight to the plane in paint that could be used for gas, ammo and bombs. The enemy then could see you coming--why hide--engage. Phonics]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Phonics</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Peter Montbriand says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michael found the solution himself. Some enterprising folks are probably working on something of this sort right now. Too bad I know nothing about producing paint and how chameleons actually do their trick...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Peter Montbriand</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>DataMonkey says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reading these comments for the first time...I'm from UK and these are a soldier's perspective on soldier issues; just a few points to get them off my chest: 1. Michael Yon. Widely respected, reports well and unambiguously from a soldier perspective. The fact that some in UK MOD don't like what he says speaks volumes about how much under the control of the censors the outflow of information has become. The UK public in general have no idea what's going on in Afghanistan...m ost probably don't know where it is..nor do they care. Michael has become noticeably a bit self-righteous since his embed was terminated, but what the heck, it's his blog. 2. Boots. The UK soldiers' boots fall apart too....just like the ones in the photo. Mind you ours fall apart a long time before the soles wear out! 3. Innovation in wartime. Most scientists working for the MOD (and probably the same in the US) don't have a 'we're at war' mentality, so work gets done between 9am and 4.30pm. There's no need to hurry.....it's a long time to retirement and the regular monthly paycheck doesn't get any bigger (or smaller) if we work harder or more productively. War? What war? 4. Camouflage. The CSMs have got it about right and so has Michael in his assessment of how change is implemented at the top level in the US military. Unfortunately the UK military doesn't have a concept of CSMs and too much influence and decision-making is vested on those with no (real) combat experience. Hence the failure to provide a decent boot for the UK infantryman, and a decent load carriage system, and a wearable/fighta ble combat body armour solution....... .. 5. Stryker v IEDs. Yes they'll get hit - everything will get hit, so prepare yourselves for the worst! Always happy to engage!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>DataMonkey</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mad Dog says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So now that we have them there, the problem is how do they survive IED's not how much they stick out. This is the kind of stuff the Mujihadeen used to do with the Sovs, pin them down with a mine on their APV's and then let all hell break loose. Are Strykers more vulnerable to IED's in Afghanistan than in Iraq due to the paucity of paved roads?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mad Dog</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Joanne says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now, I'm not a soldier. I'm an engineer who does video work and is an omnivore for learning new information. If you consider the mission of the Stryker the first message in this topic probably got it right. If Strykers sit and wait most of the time them a good job of camouflage might do some good. I'm not sure how you could camouflage it when you consider the enemy really KNOW the local terrain so a new Stryker sized bump would attract instant attention no matter its color. Then consider what my dim imagination considers as the Stryker's mission, move around and project power, protect occupants, and kill the emeny. "Move around" is the operative phrase. If it moves and perfectly matches the background in one place the human eye picks it out instantly. It's the way the eye is built. Basically there is no way to hide a 9'x9'x22' block of metal on flat land from people who know that land like they know their right hand. A Stryker's protection is not melding into the background. Its protection is its presence, its bulk, its armor, its shape, and its speed. It might actually be a good idea to paint it some power projection color rather than camouflage. "I'm here. It's time for the enemy to evacuate." I suspect something in between might be good. Then it would look "official". Joanne]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joanne</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Belasarius says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I would guess that soldier is real proud of those boots. You have to do a lot of walking to get boots to look like that. You know who has nice boots? Ans: New guys and people who live inside a safe area.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Belasarius</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gismo Fly says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World War Two lasted half as long as this one and produced 500% more innovation, invention and technical ability. What's gone wrong over 60 years? Why is the scientific community now so slow in offering solutions to problems which have solutions? Is it money? Is it stupidity? Is it plain bloody bone laziness? As far as Strykers go - why havn't we got paint that changes colour to suit the immediate environment? Don't give me 'Star Wars'! To produce 'chameleon paint' should be no more than a weekend home work project for a sixth form chemistry class. Ye Gods!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gismo Fly</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>jic says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I said that the photo *in itself* was meaningless, because it was without context. Thank you for giving us that context.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>jic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Lewis in Orlando says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Better yet, it's Michael Yon's blog so he can write about whatever he wants to write about. If Stars and Stripes writes a 1 page article about the color of Stryker's, then I'm pretty sure anybody else can voice their opinion about the color of Strykers too. Energy?? I'm big onto that. They should go wind turbines for sure.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lewis in Orlando</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>E says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Painting the vehicles tan is actually good for another reason than just camoflage, namely temperature. Other nations have done this and the temperature inside the vehicles dropped 10-20 degrees Celsius. White would be even better, but ISAF vehicles are no longer allowed to be white.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>E</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jim says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who give a fat rats what color. The Taliban seems to know where they are and when they're going to be there, troops and vehicles. Tempest in a teapot.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>I hate ACUs says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Or better yet, since the ACU pattern is so great, why dont we paint the strykers digital ACU colors?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>I hate ACUs</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>I hate ACUs says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So we're going to paint our 2-ton vehicles a color that actually blends in with the surroundings while the troops on the ground who actually need to hide from the enemy at times have to keep wearing the assinine ACU pattern? This makes total sense. How about we quit worrying about trying to hide the strykers and start worrying about a good camo pattern for our personnel!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>I hate ACUs</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Leonard says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While we're on the subject ofocolor schemes, maybe we should be taking a different approach, say by projecting optical illuisons that make the vehicle appear farther or smaller than it actually is. I saw a t-shirt once that you couldn't look at for more than a few seconds because the optical illuison played havoc with your vision. The netting idea makes perfect sense also, since it can be changed readily and is simple to adapt. Ghillie suits are remarkably effective. But to be perfectly honest I don't see how any paint is going to make a difference under 100 yds. with someone shouldering an RPG at you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>casstx says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[jic, That's the norm for some areas of operation, the photo is not meaningless. We are the best funded, most highly trained military in the world, and I just saw $7000 disappear out of my account for replacement gear from my husband because not all members of the Army are getting what they need. That was part of McChrystal's point, and Congress just raided the defense fund for earmarked memorials and stuff. I'd rather have had it go to better quality ammo, replacement clothing, and food. The photo has meaning.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>casstx</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>James says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michael, I just read a fairly troubling article in the Washington Post about a former Marine and Iraq combat veteran who resigned from his State Department post in Afghanistan in protest of how the war effort is being conducted. The article is available at the following link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102603394.html There is a link within the article that leads to a PDF of Koh's resignation letter. I know that your researching energy sources for Afghanistan now, but would you consider a dispatch with your take on Koh's resignation and point of view? I am a tremendous fan of your work, both dispatches and books. Keep up the great reporting! V/R, James]]></description>
			<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Boat Guy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If someone think (or it's their "opinion") that Michael is "chest-beating" when he mentions the fact that he knows two of the most senior NCO's currently responsible for Strykers, it's hardly "lacking in modesty". In other words, Michael has access to two guys who a) know what they're talking about b) will talk to him about the relevant subject then it's merely responsible to cite sources. In a field where most "sources" are anonymous, it's refreshing to have people like CSM Mellinger and CSM Prosser go "on record". It ain't chest-beating; it's responsible journalism and bloody well hard to find these days except in these pages. I haven't seen it in Stars and Stripes (at least the European edition I used to read) since Bill Mauldin was their cartoonist. One has to wonder about the current tone about the Afghan theater found in most media and the "elites".]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Boat Guy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mick says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agree Stars and Stripes is a rag not a watchdog. I glance at it in Iraq or Kuwait only because it is free. Most stories are from LA Times or AP (we think that means anti-American Press) and is surprisingly anti-military and will lead with any story that puts the military or the war in a bad light. Anyone wonder why stars and wipes has never published one of Michael Yon's dispatches? They ain't interested in anything positive about the ground-pouders or the Generals. Keep it up Michael]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>jic says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[That's a context-free photo. It doesn't tell us anything about why those boots are in that condition, or how normal that is. For all we know, they were replaced the second he got back from patrol. Or, maybe, they're that guy's 'lucky boots' that he refuses to replace! The point is, that photo in itself is meaningless.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>jic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>David Weirich says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Matt von H it's his blog. He can write whatever he wants to in it. Not all of his stories are going to be of interest to everybody, but it will to those that care. I am sure some Stryker team would have a fit if their vehicles were painted day-glo orange. The enemy doesn't always get within RPG range. Camoflauge does serve a purpose in the military, even on vehicles and aircraft!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David Weirich</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>J. F. Sucher, MD http://hightechsurgeon.blogspot.com says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can only say thank you. You back up your well written piece with actual facts. Bravo! I hope that your piece is read by more eyes than Stars and Stripes.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>J. F. Sucher, MD http://hightechsurgeon.blogspot.com</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>xoxoxoBruce says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA["my observation is that the U.S. military, on the whole, is incredibly well resourced. " But evidently not with boots. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/afghanistan_october_2009.html#photo14 That's ridiculous.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>xoxoxoBruce</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Slee says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I couldn't agree more about Star's and Stripes. Not sure if I would characterize them as watch dogs... at times just Dogs. More times than not I have found myself at odds with their depictions of what just happened. Next to you Michael I have probably done the second most mission in a Stryker. In fact I will be back in Iraq the following week with... you guessed it. Another Stryker Battalion. Personally I think they should be painted like NASCAR race cars. Give the boys something to do in the off time. Because it is an Urban combat vehicle and most of the time the color doesn't matter. The power of the Stryker is its speed and ability to deliver the Warrior at the critical point of battle faster than the enemy can react. Taking the initiative in any fight and destroying them at a time and choosing of the commander in charge. How do you like me now Drew? The battlefield commanders have more on their minds than picking out the drapes and accessories. Find something else to write about. This isn't a body armor story.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Slee</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rob Ferguson says:</title>
			<link>https://michaelyon-online.com/colors.htm#comment-6967</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the British Army we use a lot of cam nets on our vehicles. They are cheap and easy to change depending on the situation, you can also make up mixed brown and green nets as a kind of all purpose cam when going in and out of the green zone. The texture and change of shape that the nets give really does make the vehicles blend in surprisingly well.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rob Ferguson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Matt von H says:</title>
			<link>https://michaelyon-online.com/colors.htm#comment-6966</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Craig Maefs is right, Strykers stick out like a sore thumb no matter what color they are. Having them painted tan, or OD green, most likely makes zero difference. I am a HUGE fan of Michaels but any more I'm starting to wonder why A. This warrants a blog posting, B. Why Michael has to constantly remind us that he's covered more combat than any other journalist in Iraq and A-Stan. For a former Special Forces guy he seems to have been lacking modesty more and more over the past few months, starting with that British embed situation. Michael's done a lot, he shouldn't have to beat his chest. Just my opinion.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Matt von H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ms. Tamara Montgomery says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Again, those who aren't in harms way critiquing how the government should outfit it's soldiers without the input of those commanders (or soldiers) who are actually in the battlefield. They then complain about how much it costs to outfit and the military.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ms. Tamara Montgomery</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Craig Maefs says:</title>
			<link>https://michaelyon-online.com/colors.htm#comment-6964</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Strykers are what, 10' tall. You could paint them day-glow orange and it would not make a difference. THe enemy is not engaging from the air or frim 3000 meters away, They are within RPG range and color of the vehicel will not make a differenct in detection at that range. Color of the vehicle is a tempest in a teapot argument. OD Green or Brown is not goin to make a signifant difference on vehicles beeing seen or engaged.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Craig Maefs</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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