2003-03-27
... ?Marines go to the Web, select pixel pattern for new fatigues
The Marines Corps went high-tech in its design for new camouflage fatigues. The uniforms, which will be ready for Marines to buy by the end of the year, were designed by computer and feature a pixel pattern that resembles computer chips. An Internet poll of Marines helped determine which pattern to use out of more than 100 proposed designs. βA lot of teamwork went into this combat utilities program,β said Capt. Burrell Parmer, a spokesman for Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va. βIt was for Marines and decided by Marines.βMuch as I HATE War and the Military, I am a sucker for the design purity of the current Fashion parade; especially the US Pixel-style camouflage shirts...Up there with the spiritually evil, but undeniably stylish German National Socialist uniforms of the 30's & 40's ...
