Editing Army Combat Uniform (section)

===Operation Enduring Freedom Pattern (MultiCam)===
{{Main|MultiCam}}
Beginning in late 2010 U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Afghanistan (starting with the [[173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team|173rd Airborne Brigade]]) were issued ACUs made in Crye Precision's [[MultiCam]] pattern, referred to by the army as the Operation Enduring Freedom Pattern (OEF, OEF-CP, or OCP),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/peosoldier/4941359595/in/photolist-8wGLsb-iNazfb-8wDL46-8BzrDs-ruzEbs-8wDL5v-7FhDpE-6UUWEq-i86TPg-ezJ3qA-fMeQf4 |title=Photo |author=PEO Soldier |website=Flickr}}{{dead link|date=June 2021}}</ref> which was far more effective for use in Afghanistan's terrain.<ref>{{cite web |first=C. Todd |last=Lopez |url=https://www.army.mil/-news/2010/02/20/34738-soldiers-to-get-new-cammo-pattern-for-wear-in-afghanistan/ |title=Soldiers to get new cammo pattern for wear in Afghanistan |website=U.S. Army |date=20 February 2010 |access-date=22 February 2010}}</ref> The flame-retardant variants of the uniforms are designed to prevent third-degree burns, along with up to thirty percent of second degree burns. Additionally, all uniforms are treated with the chemical [[permethrin]] to help protect soldiers from ticks and insects. Some U.S. Army soldiers during the latter stages of the [[Iraq War]] also wore the OEF-patterned ACU; some were seen wearing them as late as December 2011, when the United States withdrew its military forces from the country at the end of the war.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} The MultiCam-patterned ACUs were retired in 2019 with the UCP-patterned ones.