thedrifter
08-23-07, 04:21 PM
Time running out to weigh in on running suit
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Aug 23, 2007 16:10:16 EDT
Active-duty and Reserve Marines have until midnight Thursday to add their two cents to the design of a new running suit the Corps plans to begin issuing to recruits by the end of this year, according to Marine Corps Systems Command’s Web site.
An online survey published on the site late last month is intended to “gather a consensus from an aesthetic point of view,” project officer Portia Blunt said in a SysCom release. “The results will be used in conjunction with other weighted factors to determine the final selection design.”
The survey is available to all active-duty and Reserve Marines through midnight Aug. 23, according to the Web site.
An initial survey published in January sought input on what attributes Marines wanted to see in their new physical training gear. Information collected from approximately 30,000 respondents mandated that the running suit be black and green with the Corps’ emblem on the front and the word “Marines” on the back, SysCom program manager Dan Fitzgerald told Marine Corps Times in early July.
The new running suit will not replace any of the PT gear currently issued, but rather supplement what is already issued, he said.
Ellie
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Aug 23, 2007 16:10:16 EDT
Active-duty and Reserve Marines have until midnight Thursday to add their two cents to the design of a new running suit the Corps plans to begin issuing to recruits by the end of this year, according to Marine Corps Systems Command’s Web site.
An online survey published on the site late last month is intended to “gather a consensus from an aesthetic point of view,” project officer Portia Blunt said in a SysCom release. “The results will be used in conjunction with other weighted factors to determine the final selection design.”
The survey is available to all active-duty and Reserve Marines through midnight Aug. 23, according to the Web site.
An initial survey published in January sought input on what attributes Marines wanted to see in their new physical training gear. Information collected from approximately 30,000 respondents mandated that the running suit be black and green with the Corps’ emblem on the front and the word “Marines” on the back, SysCom program manager Dan Fitzgerald told Marine Corps Times in early July.
The new running suit will not replace any of the PT gear currently issued, but rather supplement what is already issued, he said.
Ellie