Posted on Mar 31, 2014
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I was reading the Army times and it was talking about the racial backlash towards the new AR 670-1 female grooming standards. Is it really so wrong for the Army to provide more guidance on grooming standards when it pertains to a certain group of people? 
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SGT Suraj Dave
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Not really ... I knew a white female soldier with blonde hair who had natural highlights who had to dye her hair so it would look more "natural".... see, it affects white females also.
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CSM Thomas Ray
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I am just waiting for someone to say that MRE's are racist, everything else is.
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SGT Steven Hines
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Disclaimer: White male over 50, Veteran 27 years.
I am tired of the PC crap. If it doesn't go your way, the first knee jerk reaction is its racial or sexist. B.S. Follow the standards or get out.
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CW2 Battalion Maintenance Officer (Bmo)
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I am honestly fed up with everything nowadays being marked racially, sexually, or religiously insensitive. Christ, it seems like one cannot have a conversation without one of those three being addressed. I honestly do not know what racism is anymore as it is now a label for everything.
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Cpl D L Parker
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If men can wear a turban. Then woman should be able to wear braids if it doesn't interfere with the wearing or the appearance the uniform
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LTC Special Operations Response Team (Sort)
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in modern times we have lost sight of the fact that, a claim in the media of bias does not equal bias
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COL Charles Williams
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I do not think so, but I also learned in my Army career what I think doesn't always carry the day. It is about what Soldiers think. So, it appears there is concern, so it needs to be address no matter it leads.

I think what is important is that all Soldiers can understand, agree with and support the rules. We need a 670-1 that is clear and concise, so we all know what is acceptable and what is not. I just want Soldiers to look sharp, and professional.

There are reason we have grooming standards, one of which I was told, to ensure you can wear all Army headgear and also to ensure you don and seal year pro-mask...

That should be the test... Can you wear the beret or patrol cap and look professional (yes still subjective)... and can you don and seal your pro-mask in within the standards.
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SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA
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I was going to respond but @1SG(P)EW covered my answer better than I could have.
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SSG Home Mechanic
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There are a lot of good statements and some great ones about AR 670-1 and it’s changes here in the forum. But the one thing that I have always been told by Leadership, “The Army is not a Fashion Show for Males or Females. We are a Fighting Force that is to be reckoned with and must show PROFESSIONALISM
at ALL times“. Weather a Solder is on or off duty, you are expected to uphold the Standards (or Higher Standards) set forth in the UCMJ.
If this is NOT a Standard you can not uphold, please get out of the ARMY and go find a job with less standards. The Military is NOT for you at all. Please don’t get me wrong, you joined for a good or great reason, I’ll stand and salute you for your Service. But as for AR 670-1 being Racially Biased sir, not at all.
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