[Excerpted from original text of November 2007 Member-at-Large Board report.]
... The BX and Commissary are now carrying detergents without optical brighteners. Optical brighteners (also known as Flourescent Brighteners) actually dye fabric to enhance the amount of light reflected to the eye, thereby changing the colors of ABUs and ACUs through night-vision devices which could make our active-duty members stand out at night and become targets for the enemy.

A list of the new detergents is posted in the laundry aisle at both the BX and the Commissary. The list below (from the Army Study Guide) is outdated so you may just want to use the detergents listed at our facilities for now.

Posted Sunday, April 9, 2006 – ArmyStudyGuide.com
To the best of our knowledge the list below represents the laundry detergents which do not contain optical brighteners and are able to be used with the ACU (Army Combat Uniform). If you find that one of the below listed detergents are not applicable to a specific category (approved / unapproved) please send an email to webmaster@armystudyguide.com ...

DO NOT CONTAIN BRIGHTENERS:
Bold Powder
Cheer Liquid (all versions)
Cheer Powder (all versions)
All Powder (all versions)
Surf Powder (all versions)
Woolite (all versions)

CONTAIN OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS:
Arm & Hammer Liquid (all versions)
Arm & Hammer FabriCare Powder (all versions)
Arm & Hammer Fresh ‘n Soft Fabric Softener (all versions)
Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
Ajax (all versions)
Colgate Palmolive (all laundry products)
DeliCare Fine Fabric Wash (all versions)
Dreft Liquid
Dreft Powder
Dynamo (all versions)
Era Liquid (all versions)
Fab (all versions)
Gain Liquids (all versions)
Gain Powders (all versions)
Ivory Snow Liquid
Ivory Snow Powder
All Dial Laundry Products including:
Purex Powder (all versions)
Purex Liquid (all versions)
Purex Fabric Softener (all versions)
Purex Baby (all versions)
Rain Drops Water Softener and Detergent Booster
Suavitel Fabric Softener (all versions)
Tide Liquids (all versions)
Tide Powders (all versions)
Tide Tablets (all versions)
Wisk (all versions)
All Liquid (all versions)
Surf Liquid (all versions)
Yes (all versions)
Zout (all versions)
20 Mule Team Detergent (all versions)