Can male soldiers wear lipstick, earrings and ripped clothes while off duty, but on post?

The funniest shit.........The Military gets what it deserves and America gets what it deserves.......The military like other parts of the Federal Government has been taken over by the Communists/Cultural Marxists/Globalists....There are more communists now in the Federal Government, Military, Academia and Media than anytime in modern history....Some are willing Communists/Cultural Marxists and others don't even know they are communists who have simply grown up being indoctrinated by media and academia....The UCMJ is corrupted, CID is corrupted, Chain Of Commands are Corrupted....there is no equal justice anymore.....Looking at the latest navy ship collision disasters is just another sign of complete breakdown of the services.........The US Military is a joke now just like the government has made a joke out of the American people..........The military is full of a bunch of hypocrites particularly up the chain of command..........You can find poorly written conflicting regulations and contradictory rules and regulations....over 90% of commanders don't even know and can accurately interpret many of the rules and regulations and then if you rely on the JAG Corp to help you just opened another can of incompetence....Over the last 50 years the military has slowly evolved into a disaster waiting to happen just like the incompetence and corruption inside the Communist Bureaucratic Veterans Administration...

Why in hell would a "male soldier" want to wear black - or any other color - lipstick, ripped clothing or earrings? Recruiters must really be scraping the bottom to come up with such dummies.

ONE SIMPLE ANSWER: HELL NO!!!!!!

To me the new soldiers and Marines etc. want the Armed Forces to aqueous to there ways. Well I have some news for you.... Rather your Active duty or National Guard, Reserves you have to ACT in a appropriate manner. Remember, you represent the U.S. and the component you serve. You are held to a higher standard than civilians. We are looked upon as respectful, and guardians to the republic. Take pride in yourself and your duty as a member of the Armed Forces.

Lipstick and Earrings Clash with My Entire Wardrobe! Now My Torn Jeans from the Buckle are Pretty Damn Expensive and I'm Not Giving Them Up. I rather Like "Styling" in Torn Jeans (Actually I'm So Friggin Tall Buckle is the Only Place I can Buy Jeans).

So, let me see if I can summarize and clarify the situation. A male 'soldier' was discovered on a military base, wearing lipstick, makeup and other appearance enhancing material in rip jeans. An 'on the spot' correction was attempted. Whereas the offending soldier responded that the correcting individual needed to confer with the offending soldier's Chain of Command to confirm that the soldier was not violating policy. As a result of communication with the Chain of Command, it was inferred that there would be no correction. I think I have this correct. If not, feel free to jump in with both feet.

So, my first observation is that we are living in a post-Obama era. People can be whatever they want to be (male can be female, female can be male, or they can choose a non-binary gender, etc.). This is similar to our former 'Be All You Can Be' marketing motto but not in the manner we expected. Secondly, over the years, the ability to correct poor or unacceptable behavior has deteriorated to a point that it is safer not to correct. Parents can't paddle children, for fear of being labeled as an abusive parent. Drill Instructors cannot raise their voice to recruits, for fear of being labeled abusive. Organizations cannot enforce organizational standards of decency for fear of being labeled racists, misogynists, homophobes, etc. Finally, I am reminded of a standard I was taught and taught myself as an NCO, 'unenforced standards, set new standards.'

To be clear, our society and the military that represents the society is changing, it always has. The question is, does this change interfere with the ability to perform our mission 'to fight and win America's wars?' If it does, then leaders have a responsibility to know and enforce the regulations. If they refuse to, then they are not leaders. The decline in our military's leadership skills is the main reason I departed the military and I suspect, it is the main reason most leave the military. As I am retired, I can't do much about anything in the military beyond influence today's leaders. Unfortunately, there is no AR 670-1 jail.

You go by the current regs & enforce them. That soldier may not like them but they must comply with those regulations right up until they change. He can get busted down, punished, etc for disobeying the regs & the NCO's orders. Period. When the Army gets around to changing the regs, he can do whatever the regs says & nothing more. Also, it can still be up to the command to enforce it's own set of rules as long as they don't hinder his human rights (make-up is not a human right) or violated the current regs. Those of us who have served in special assignments know what this is like. Doesn't want to comply to the command's rules, ship him to a command that will allow this. Seen plenty of people shipped to other units for violating the command's rules.

21 years as an NCO who went 'mustang' and retired an O3 in `95. I could well be wrong with my .02 here but I'll contribute it anyway. Yes, it was a different Army back then. Still, I can't believe that much has truly changed.
The men in my platoons would have never stood for this and would have addressed the issue privately but quickly and without mercy. You embarrass the unit, you only did it once.
Nuff said.

Believe me, I have corrected my airmen when they wore earrings after hours on the base and I showed them the regs. The difficulty was when one airman wrote to the Secretary of the Air Force to try having the regs changed for him to dress in the female uniform, PT test as a female, and be allowed to use the female restrooms in all base facilities. In my opinion, it was a slap in the face to our military.

Totally inappropriate. If that's your thing, get a different profession.