Don’t Reflective Armbands Defeat the Purpose of Camouflage?

Wes O'Donnell
5 min readNov 20, 2023

Friendly identification and why the Ukrainians choose safety over camouflage.

Courtesy AFU

Right around 1995, the U.S. Army started issuing yellow reflective Velcro ankle belts. They were to be worn during physical training — specifically to protect soldiers running on public roads at zero-dark-thirty.

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights