---
title: "US military camouflage: The differences between soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and others"
description: "Each U.S. military branch has a different camouflage uniform which can be confusing so we made a video to help everyone out."
date: "2022-02-10"
modified: "2022-02-10"
authors:
  - name: "Rebecca Rosen"
    job_title: "Video Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/rebecca-rosen/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-camouflage-uniforms-explained/"
categories:
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  - "Marine Corps"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "United States"
---

# US military camouflage: The differences between soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and others

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10/CamoTop.png>)
*U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, implement battle drills such as reacting to simulated chemical attacks and other forms of enemy contact during Northern Strike 22-1/“Winter Strike”, Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, Jan. 25, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa)*

It seems like every few years one of the branches of the military changes its camouflage uniform. It seems this way because it is this way for every branch besides the Marine Corps which hasn’t changed its camouflage pattern since 2002. Keeping up with this can be difficult, especially since we are adding branches to the military — Shout out Space Force, which [actually does exist](<https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/28/space-force-real-guardians-still-struggling-unconvinced-public.html>).

https://youtu.be/JEUpqXcpJWo

If you often get the uniforms confused, you’re not alone. Even the Army sometimes screws this up by [confusing airmen for soldiers](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-recruiting-poster-working-dog-airman/>). Who can blame them? Airmen and Space Force Guardians all wear the same camouflage as the Army which totally isn’t confusing at all.

To help our readers, ourselves, and the actual military correctly identify troops and their respective branches based on what camo they’re wearing, we put together this helpful video which is part of our new series “Task & Purpose Military Basics.” This will probably be outdated in a matter of months, so please watch it and share it now.

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## Author
Rebecca Rosen is Task and Purpose’s only dedicated Video Editor. She has been working with the brand since 2019. Rebecca creates video content for the Task & Purpose website and social channels, and has also assisted with video for The Drive.Â