К 2005ому году армейские подразделения закончили переход на ACU, приняли новый FM 3-21, перешли на бригадную структуру.
В итоге типичный пехотинец в ираке и афганистане стал выглядеть так:
Униформа ACU, Desert boots, Шлем ACH с PASGT NVG Mount, Очки как армейские, так и контрактные, БЖ IBA ACU, разгрузка FLC, ECWCS 3Gen. Снаряжение в 3-col Des встречалось как и в вудланде, но скорее эпизодически(подсумки, рюкзаки - то, что не слишком часто меняется). В качестве униформы камуфляжи покроя BDU ограниченно использовались, но либо специализироваными подразделениями типа recon platoon, либо наоборот, частями с худшим снабжением(ARNG).
Вооружение: M4A1 с Ris, M16a2(у частей обеспечения довольно часто), M249(с прикладами MK2 и para), M14(включена в качестве вооружения DM отделения в FM 3-21), M9.
U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade conduct a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, March 13, 2006. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt.
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in Iraq: Using a wall for cover, U.S. Army paratroopers scan rooftops and radio for air cover after receiving fire from an insurgent in Tall Afar, Iraq, Nov. 26, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. James Wilt
U.S. Army soldiers take cover while coming under small arms fire in a village outside Majidiah, Iraq, during a cordon and search mission for known insurgents, Aug. 13, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Gibson (second from right), commander of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, speaks with a local resident of Tall Afar, Iraq, while out on a patrol with the battalion's Company A, Sept. 18, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. James Wilt
U.S. Army Capt. Daryl Watkins, 205th Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light), observes soldiers of the 396th Combat Support Hospital during training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Dec. 13, 2006. soldiers of the 396th CSH are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and are being trained by soldiers of the 205th Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light). U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
U.S. Army Spc. Eric Gonzales, 396th Combat Support Hospital (Forward), mans an entry control point at Forward Operating Base Warrior at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Dec. 13, 2006. Soldiers of the 396th CSH are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and are being trained by soldiers of the 205th Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light). U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment conduct an area reconnaissance mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin Anton Edgil
