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		+	* In March 2026, a new camouflage design was presented to the public, created by the Lion firm for the Forestry Commission of Ghana. By all appearances, this new uniform will be worn by all field personnel and not simply members of the Rapid Response Team (who are now wearing a copy of MARPAT in any case). The new uniform retains the same color palette as the Commission's previous design, but the base design consists of large pixelated shapes in black, dark green, and light green on a medium green base. As with the previous design, there are dark wildlife images overprinted on the basic scheme.
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	* Since early 2026, some members of the Forestry Commission's Rapid Response Team have begun wearing a copy of [[USA\|USMC temperate MARPAT]] camouflage.		* Since early 2026, some members of the Forestry Commission's Rapid Response Team have begun wearing a copy of [[USA\|USMC temperate MARPAT]] camouflage.

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		+	* Since early 2026, some members of the Forestry Commission's Rapid Response Team have begun wearing a copy of [[USA\|USMC temperate MARPAT]] camouflage.
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-* Since at least 2018, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the Forestry Services Division has worn a unique camouflage design consisting of irregular olive green and dark brown shapes on a pale green background, with overprinted images (also in dark brown) of trees, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, owl, and zebra.
+* Since at least 2018, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the Forestry Commission of Ghana has worn a unique camouflage design consisting of irregular olive green and dark brown shapes on a pale green background, with overprinted images (also in dark brown) of trees, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, owl, and zebra.
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-== Camouflage Patterns of Ghana ==
+== Camouflage Patterns of the Ghana Armed Forces ==
 * Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the vast majority of Ghana military personnel wore a plain, olive green combat and everyday working uniform, similar to that worn by [[USA|American]] forces just prior to entering the Vietnam War. Yet as far back as 1979, certain elements of the Ghana Army can be seen wearing [[DPM|British Army DPM]] camouflage. It seems likely that the use of camouflage was restricted to specialized units like the President's Own Guard Regiment (POGR), or possibly only to officers that could afford to have them made in a tailor shop. The use of DPM would also be extended to some Air Force units, in the late 1980s or early 1990s and was commonly seen on fragmentation vest covers (probably surplus [[United Kingdom|British Army]] issue) on units serving with the United Nations in the 1990s.
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 * Prior to the present era, some members of the Ghana Police Service have worn a [[tiger stripe]] camouflage design with a blue colorway. This is similar to some commercially issued patterns, and may in fact be produced from the same drawings.
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-* Certain units of the Ghana Army have been issued a copy of the US Marine Corps [[MARPAT]] temperate camouflage design, dating as far back as 2017. Use of this design appears to have only been retained by the Army Special Operations Brigade, which continues to field the pattern for its personnel. However, past military participants in Operation Vanguard (a joint Army-Police effort against illegal mining) were also documented wearing the design. The Ghana pattern is a direct copy of the USMC design, but lacks the EGA symbol although some uniforms are even imported from American companies.
+* Since at least 2018, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the Forestry Services Division has worn a unique camouflage design consisting of irregular olive green and dark brown shapes on a pale green background, with overprinted images (also in dark brown) of trees, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, owl, and zebra.
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+[[File:ghana-forestryrrt.png|200px]]
 * The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has issued two types of camouflage pattern uniforms in recent years, a blue-dominant [[woodland]]-derived design, and - more recently (since at least 2020) - a blue-purple dominant [[DPM]] camouflage pattern.

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 * Since 2007 or thereabouts, the Ghana Immigration Service's Border Protection Unit has worn a "leopared print" camouflage design with a mostly green colorway, seen here. The pattern reminds us of a similar one developed in the 1970s for other African nations, such as [[Zaire]] and [[Chad]].
-[[File:ghanaimmigration.jpg|200px]]
+[[File:ghana-immigration.png|200px]]
 * Members of the Ghana Police Service deployed with the African Union (AU/UA) forces in 2012 were observed wearing a pixelated pattern with a blue/purple colorway, and have since been documented wearing the pattern in general service. This pattern is in fact a copy of the KA2 pixelated design developed for the [[Jordan|Jordanian]] Police, and appears to replicate the details of that pattern, down to the miniature outline of the Jordan embedded into the design itself! By 2020, a darker camouflage design began appearing in use with the Ghana Police Service, with an almost violet tone to it.

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 * More recently, two other patterns have been worn by the Ghana Prison Service, a "desert lizard" design (similar to that worn by [[Mauritania]] and a "desert woodland" pattern. These two patterns have been worn concurrently since at least 2014.
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+[[File:ghana-prison2.png|200px]]
-[[File:ghanaprison2.jpg|200px]]
+[[File:ghana-prison3.png|200px]]
 * Certain units of the Ghana Army have been issued a copy of the US Marine Corps [[MARPAT]] temperate camouflage design, dating as far back as 2017. Use of this design appears to have only been retained by the Army Special Operations Brigade, which continues to field the pattern for its personnel. However, past military participants in Operation Vanguard (a joint Army-Police effort against illegal mining) were also documented wearing the design. The Ghana pattern is a direct copy of the USMC design, but lacks the EGA symbol and some uniforms are even imported from American companies.

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 * More recently, two other patterns have been worn by the Ghana Prison Service, a "desert lizard" design (similar to that worn by [[Mauritania]] and a "desert woodland" pattern. These two patterns have been worn concurrently since at least 2014.