Facial Hair Regulations and Mustaches. Where did you stand on those damned Hitleresque mustaches?

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:01:32 -0400

My wife and I were talking about this last night and both hated how I had to trim my mustache.

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 18 at 2015 5:10 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:10:07 -0400

I hate it. I think if the military allows shaving profiles, religious shaving exemptions, we don't carry our promasks on our person, and that small beards won't affect the promask seal we should be allowed to grow neat and evenly trimmed beards.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Jun 18 at 2015 5:14 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:14:53 -0400

They are the perfect compromise. I'm pretty sure EVERYONE hates them.

They're just manly enough to look creepy, but not manly enough to be cool like old school Selleck or Reynolds.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Jun 19 at 2015 1:29 AM

CPT Pedro Meza — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:29:23 -0400

MSgt Eric "Tiny" Townsend my mustache helped keep me alive in South America in 1985, and during three deployments in Afghanistan. In 2008 a CSM told my mustache was not regulation, I told him I was going out the wire, asked him to join me.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 19 at 2015 6:24 AM

PO1 John Miller — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:24:35 -0400

If he were still alive, try telling SOC(SEAL) Chris Kyle that his beard wasn't professional! :)

As for the mustaches, I prefer to call them Charlie Chaplain 'staches, not a Hitler 'stache, lol...

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 19 at 2015 9:10 AM

PO2 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:10:02 -0400

The regulations set for mustaches make for quite an ugly example of a hairy slug on the upper lip. I'd be overjoyed if regs were to allow for neatly trimmed goatees or what have you, cuz I loved my beard when I had it. But now, when "No-shave November" comes around and the guys all decide to grow out their mustaches, just about none of them are within regs, and few of them ever even look decent, including my own. It's pretty awful.

Response by SGT Jeremiah B. made Jun 30 at 2015 3:56 PM

SGT Jeremiah B. — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:56:10 -0400

Oh how I hated the In-Regs 'stache. I would rather go hairless than let that obnoxious caterpillar hang out on my lip. Just say no to DoD approved mustaches!

Response by MSgt Keith Hebert made Jul 2 at 2015 6:09 PM

MSgt Keith Hebert — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:09:13 -0400

every time i tried to trim the stache i would mess up and have to shave it, after several times of trying i gave up

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2019 3:43 AM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 03:43:15 -0400

I agree that the regs can make many mustaches look bad and be a challenging to keep without getting flak for it. I myself who recently started one once I got back from Con leave, just how my face is (my top lip seems to be a bit wider than some) that my stache doesnt seem to look as bad as some peoples.