The red stripe touches his head and the yellow stripe touches his chest. Even the camera knows his head is red and his heart is yellow.
Unfortunately I think you're reading too much into the stripes!. They're probably there on purpose so no-one can use the high-res photo. Proof? I was going to post the high res (at a smaller size) until I realized the stripes would detract from the photo. I used the smaller low res instead.
Again, the military (defenselink.mil) proves how smart they can be and saves the bandwidth.