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Haven't seen post on it on Rallypoint, but if there's one, my apologies for duplicate post.
I'm not referring here to special situations such as chewing chiclets from MREs out in the field or training circumstances where no food or drinks allowed.
I'm talking about routine administrative duties conducted in regular uniform. Do you chew or allow a degree of gum chewing in your shop? Or is it technically not allowed but nobody minds?
I'm not referring here to special situations such as chewing chiclets from MREs out in the field or training circumstances where no food or drinks allowed.
I'm talking about routine administrative duties conducted in regular uniform. Do you chew or allow a degree of gum chewing in your shop? Or is it technically not allowed but nobody minds?
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Chew discretely and don't crack your gum or blow bubbles. We are professionals and don't want to give the gawkers to have anything to say. Let's maintain professionalism!
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Medical Gave me some nicotine gum to stop smoking so much so I’m constantly chewing on that, my chain of command does seem to mind because they all know I’m trying to cut back on drinking and smoking.
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Nowadays you can stick a lot of things in your mouth and it’s o.k, chewing gum in uniform is still considered unprofessional if it presents an unprofessional appearance.
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“(d) Soldiers will not walk while engaged in activities that would interfere with the hand salute and greeting of the day or detract from a professional image. Examples include, but are not limited to, walking while eating“. Now correct me if I am wrong, but this is the only part of AR 670-1 that says anything about eating food (chewing gum). By this standard you cannot chew gum and walk. However, it also says only if it does not detract from professionalism and hand salutes. Use your best judgment. And if someone finds what you are doing to be unprofessional, stop and take a look at yourself and make sure you aren’t ate up :)
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