If you thought the weirdest thing about the United States Space Force was the actual United States Space Force, you’d be mistaken. Just when it can’t get any stranger, the government cries, “Hold my beer!”
The U.S. Space Force official Twitter account announced the release of their new utility uniforms and … oh, God.
The first #SpaceForce utility uniform nametapes have touched down in the
Pentagon. @EsperDoD @SecAFOfficial @SpaceForceCSO @GenDaveGoldfein @DeptofDefense@usairforce pic.twitter.com/Jvzt5bvNl7— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) January 18, 2020
Notice anything a little … off there? Like perhaps the fact that they’ve chosen camouflage for workers focusing on a place that doesn’t have trees, or dirt, or foliage of any kind?
You’re not alone. The good people of Twitter also suffered from a bout of WTF, and thank goodness because their reactions are too precious not to share.
If this not the #SpaceForce uniform i donโt want it pic.twitter.com/DsgY3oWqPK
— p!mpolas๐ (@PiccNiccc) January 18, 2020
Dear, #SpaceForce people, this is Space Camo.
Your welcome.
– Joshua pic.twitter.com/vYQUQiZzu7— itsallrealitv (@itsallrealitv) January 18, 2020
US #SpaceForce camo wear.
Actual outer space.
Good job, lads. pic.twitter.com/TVXllsoGrI
— Barb Haynes (@barbhaynes) January 18, 2020
#SpaceForce when you realize the war on terror will end eventually and you have to start prepping for bringing democracy to aliens! ๐ pic.twitter.com/K2TmOCqRSO
— Adam ๐จ๐ฆ (@teks8vy) January 18, 2020
What I picture when I hear #SpaceForce…. I'm sure I'm not far off ๐คทโโ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/uoOkdLkltE
— Jรถkull Ernir (@jokullernir) January 18, 2020
Everyone, please show some respect to our new branch of the military, the #SpaceForce pic.twitter.com/3Xg4Zebuqb
— Elizabeth L. Garcia (@lizzylynngarcia) January 18, 2020
Fixed it. No payment necessary, Space Force, but if you could toss me a phazer to call my own, I wouldn't complain #SpaceForce pic.twitter.com/Gpm5uQPgRw
— Bakeman say: #Bernie2020 (@Skot69) January 18, 2020
Iโm legit pissed this isnโt the new #SpaceForce uniform. pic.twitter.com/j9lQynyMZa
— Tim Schenck (@FatherTim) January 18, 2020
#SpaceForce #SpaceFurce
Nothing silly about the Space Furce pic.twitter.com/GeJE3yGx2a— Meggy Bengals ๐ฑand her fur family (@BengalsMeggy) January 18, 2020
Apparently, we've been lied to about space. Here's an unclassified photo! #SpaceForce pic.twitter.com/X3zABI3Pan
— Allen Whitlock (@AllenWhitlock) January 18, 2020
"In space, no one can see you scream"#SpaceForce #spacecamo pic.twitter.com/fuZLOgKQI9
— Jason (@sparky347v) January 18, 2020
Cool we've seen the #SpaceForce shirt, what them Space Pants looking like? pic.twitter.com/4ov5ffWNEg
— ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ (@VillarosaArts) January 18, 2020
#SpaceForce looking fresh! ๐ pic.twitter.com/pXROxdgC16
— Zac Engler ๐ก (@zacengler) January 18, 2020
There are some people who argue the pattern of the uniforms doesn’t matter because most of the Space Force’s work will be done right here on Earth. And that’s true. According toย Todd Harrison, who directs the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic & International Studies,ย “It’s not about putting military service members in space, it has nothing to do with NASA, it’s not about protecting Earth from asteroids or aliens.” Instead, it’s about “all the different types of missions our military already does in space โ just making sure that we’re doing them more effectively, more efficiently.”
Fair enough.
But still, camo?
https://twitter.com/Notamuggle11/status/1218591709866659842
I guess there probably are quite a few bushes and trees in those offices our Space Force will be working in.