Yemeni police pictured training in desert dressed in garish bright orange and brown uniforms
Isn't camouflage supposed to make you HARDER to see?
POLICE officers in war-torn Yemen have been pictured in what must be the WORST camouflage ever.
The newly recruited pro-government policemen were pictured in the eye-watering garb during their graduation ceremony in the northern province of Marib, today.
The bright orange uniform has brown splodges on it - so the military cops stick out lick a sore thumb against the desert backdrop.
The camouflage pattern of the Yemeni Armed Forces and Police is a variation of British displacement pattern material.
Yemen security forces are often targeted by Huthi rebels disguised in army and police uniforms that allow them to bypass security barriers.
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The Huthis overran the capital Sanaa and other parts of the impoverished country in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene six months later in support of Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the President of Yemen.