The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) were outfitted with a variety of uniforms and equipment up into the Civil War period, including materiel from France, Britain, Israel and the United States. In 1982, when the United States sent military personnel as part of a peacekeeping effort, it also agreed to undertake responsibility for equipping and training the under-strength Lebanese government forces. Part of a joint-effort by US Army Special Forces and US Marine Corps personnel, the training process began in December 1982. Lebanese graduates of the course were then equipped with US-made camouflage uniforms in the ERDL design, which was in the process of being replaced Army-wide by the recently introduced woodland camouflage BDU.
