You're not kidding anyone, you're already adept at making silk purses out of sows' ears.
Disguise the shortcomings, put them in rain gear.
(https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.tn-IYswAEBM7blb1TGVuVQAAAA?pid=ImgDet&rs=1)
Seems like most of the pics I remember from SE Congo during the Pan-African War were taken during rain-sodden miserable conditions.
(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/11/29/world/CONGO-2/CONGO-2-jumbo.jpg)
Unhappiness abounds
(https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.d1c495091e50847c3b22b9f59537bd45?rik=1dRaRuqGjIC6pA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0)
You could even recycle some of those WW2 Germans in long winter coats, paint the boots up as bright green Wellingtons
(https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/07/25/congofighters_sq-72a16b14cb3fbd8bfabb30ea52928564b53725ce-s800.jpg)(https://i.insider.com/5a90381baae60519008b45d7?width=1200&format=jpeg)