Posted on Apr 22, 2017
Can male soldiers wear lipstick, earrings and ripped clothes while off duty, but on post?
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Had an interesting moment where in a soldier had me direct dial his BN CMD while correcting him about him wearing black lipstick, earrings, finger jewlery and ripped pants.
The CMD informed me I needed to read the regulations, which I have done so.
As far as I've read and know, there has been no update that allows male soldiers to wear this off-duty while on post.
The CMD informed me I needed to read the regulations, which I have done so.
As far as I've read and know, there has been no update that allows male soldiers to wear this off-duty while on post.
DA Pam 670-1
Regulation
Army Regulations
NCOs
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 363
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AR 670-1, 3–4. Jewelry, (3) and (4) states "Male Soldiers may not wear earrings when in civilian clothes on duty". When male and female Soldiers are not in uniform and off duty, earring wear is not restricted as long as the earrings do not create or support ear gauging (enlarged holes in the lobe of the ear, greater than 1.6 mm).
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To my way of thinking (old school) that is totally out of character and dishonors the uniform.
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You're either in the military or not. Trying to be fashionable is not part of military service. You shall adhere to base/post/Bn/sqdrn regulations on the permitted wear of civilian clothing and make up. Especially the wear if makeup. Remember, Halloween is only once a year. Not all year long.
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I do not know the legal response, however I would have to say absoultly not. Please keep in mind that I have been retired for over 30 years and am not up to date with everything crazy they allow these days. But, I still say NO!!
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Well a cursory read of AR 670-1 states two things:
One you must be uniform and on duty, for the regulations to matter.
All other regulations are local policy and should be established by the local commander. So, you need to find out if your post has any civilian clothing regulations.
If his commander has no policy, then you are spinning your wheels.
His commander basically told you to fuck off too, get the fucking hint.
One you must be uniform and on duty, for the regulations to matter.
All other regulations are local policy and should be established by the local commander. So, you need to find out if your post has any civilian clothing regulations.
If his commander has no policy, then you are spinning your wheels.
His commander basically told you to fuck off too, get the fucking hint.
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Been a while since I was in. No one, male or female, dared dress that way then. Kids today dress differently for some reason. I guess trashy is in. I never allowed my own kids to dress that way, even though it was “in”. Someone needs to draw the line somewhere. There are plenty of places for soldiers to go and dress how ever they want. A military installation should appear professional at all times. If trashy dress is allowed, why not do away with police call and all the other things that make the installation shiny and professional looking?
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So what you have no concept of uniformity or teamwork or being on a team. Best for you to just go ahead and get out.
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