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Kalamazoo, Michigan
Harold served in the Army (Infantry) for 4 years, during which he spent time in Kuwait (1990).
He then left the Army to attend college/law school. He's now in the Navy reserves.
His hometown is Jacksonville, Florida.
Harold will be deploying to Afghanistan in the near future.
Harold, thank you for serving our country!
Side note: This is the first time I've encountered Navy camouflage. Interesting discussion in the lobby regarding the color. Intent is to blend in with the color of the ships but what happens if you fall overboard? it then blends in with the water - good if you're wanting to avoid being seen by the enemy but not so great if you want the Navy to find you.
Military camouflage became an essential part of modern military tactics after the increase in accuracy and rate of fire of weapons during the 19th century. Until the 20th century, armies tended to use bright colors and bold, impressive designs. These were thought to daunt the enemy, foster unit cohesion, allow easier identification of units in the fog of war, and attract recruits. In addition, bright uniforms, such as the red coats formerly used by the British, tended to deter desertion.The development of camouflage drew on various skills and ideas of the period. An American artist and zoologist, Abbott Thayer published a book Concealing Colour in the Animal Kingdom this book was widely read by military leaders in an attempt to understand how to camouflage military equipment and troops. Theories from Gestalt Psychology also influenced the development of camouflage as it deals with questions such as "How is it that we see a thing?". Contemporary artistic movements such as cubism, vorticism and impressionism also influenced the development of camouflage as they dealt with disrupting outlines, abstraction and colour theory.[4]
Conversely, the intent of camouflage is to disrupt an outline by merging it with the surroundings, making a target harder to spot or hit, or to confuse an observer as to its nature. Different countries have undergone different evolutionary stages towards the development of military camouflage
Digital camouflage (or "digicam") is a pattern devised by utilizing small micropatterns, as opposed to larger macropatterns for effective disruption. The theory is that large blotches of color with sharp outlines are easier to see, while "blurring" the edges of the colored patches makes the outlines, and thus the objects, harder to discern. The name is misleading, as most non-digital camouflage patterns also consist of a set of discrete colors; "pixellated camouflage" would be more accurate, but "digital" has stuck.
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