Posted on Jun 18, 2015
Facial Hair Regulations and Mustaches. Where did you stand on those damned Hitleresque mustaches?
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My wife and I were talking about this last night and both hated how I had to trim my mustache.
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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.
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CPT Pedro Meza
WO1 (Join to see) - Sorry to see that you were confined, hopefully you got paroled and got a chance to get out. I did CERP, and used the excuse of project assessments to get out; freedom and eating out; good food.
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CPT Pedro Meza
I got out several times for site assessments, or jumping on missions when I was off duty and supposed to be sleeping.
I got out several times for site assessments, or jumping on missions when I was off duty and supposed to be sleeping.
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CPT Pedro Meza
WO1 (Join to see) - Dam you made me laugh, I could have used you, but instead had to deal with individual that were non combat so they claimed. But I can not talk about them cause they from another service.
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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.
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CPT Pedro Meza
MSgt Eric "Tiny" Townsend, also I got pictures of your AFOSI teams with beards and mustaches.
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AFOSI is a different animal all together from the Operational Air Force. Even the EST and QRF Teams that accompany them.
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CPT Pedro Meza
MSgt Eric "Tiny" Townsend, AFOSI is a different animal, what are you talking about they are pimps and I was there Bitch. They used my ability to look like the locals and my funds to get into areas where no other Non-Afghans had gone before.
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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.
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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...
As for the mustaches, I prefer to call them Charlie Chaplain 'staches, not a Hitler 'stache, lol...
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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.
They're just manly enough to look creepy, but not manly enough to be cool like old school Selleck or Reynolds.
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CPT Pedro Meza
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, I have had this mustache since Latin America in 1985 and three Afghanistan deployments and now I am retired....
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
CPT Pedro Meza As seen in the photo, it would be just outside regs (at least USMC), because it goes past corner of the mouth. That may be a quality of photo issue however. Yours looks good on you, but if it was narrowed even a little, it would fall into the "hitleresque" realm MSgt (Join to see) was referring to.
I wear facial hair as well now. I didn't while I was in, because the regs gave a much narrower guideline than what could be considered "stylish" for my faceshape. I looked "creepy" with just a regulation length mustache.
I have zero objection to mustaches. I do however think the reg may be "too tight," however it is an objective standard, and I can't fault it for that.
I wear facial hair as well now. I didn't while I was in, because the regs gave a much narrower guideline than what could be considered "stylish" for my faceshape. I looked "creepy" with just a regulation length mustache.
I have zero objection to mustaches. I do however think the reg may be "too tight," however it is an objective standard, and I can't fault it for that.
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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.
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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
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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!
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