Posted on Aug 9, 2023
Can a Retiree with a shaving profile wear the ASU or AGSU with a beard?
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I know this topic has been talked about here but my question is as follow: So AR 670-1 says that if a Retired person not on active duty wants to wear the Service uniform it needs to be done in the same matter as if they where Active Duty, no beard, no long hair (males), etc. But what happens to those who had a religious exemption (3–16(3)b.) or shaving profiles (TB Med 287) and did had a beard? do they have to carry their old profiles or exemptions with them if they do wear the uniform after retirement to show people why they have one if asked? what do you all think?
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If you are retired you don't have a shaving profile or no shaving chit because you aren't in any longer. Anything you had while in has since expired because you left.
With that said, the expectation is to wear the uniform correctly and to look good in uniform according to policy. Will it make people mad to see someone in uniform with a beard regardless of anything else? Yes. Will veterans or retirees end up doing what they want anyways? Yes.
If somebody gets lifed out for having a beard in uniform and pulls out an ancient profile from a million years ago they will be laughed at directly in their face
With that said, the expectation is to wear the uniform correctly and to look good in uniform according to policy. Will it make people mad to see someone in uniform with a beard regardless of anything else? Yes. Will veterans or retirees end up doing what they want anyways? Yes.
If somebody gets lifed out for having a beard in uniform and pulls out an ancient profile from a million years ago they will be laughed at directly in their face
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Yes discussed many times (mostly Army). Bottom line, nobody can do anything about it. Of my 32 years in, five were with a beard by necessity. I have a beard now and put the uniform on to bury a shipmate, etc. Never been "corrected" but I'll Mr. T the fool that tries. Usually the correctors out there wouldn't understand in the first place.
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