Has anyone noticed that male NCOs have a problem telling female Soldiers that their hair is not within regulation?

Being a female I have major issues with the lack of care that females put into their hair. They wear it like they are trying to look cute in uniform. I have spoken to many of my peers about this and they all seem to notice when a female's hair looks horrible and is very much out of regulation, but they are afraid that if they bring it up that they will have an EO complaint or a SHARP violation thrown their way. I have also seen male NCO's that do go and correct female Soldiers and get blown off. The female tries to spin 670-1 so that she is within regs and I don't think that males understand the standard enough to fight back. I think that the new 670-1 with pictures will help leadership overall keep females to the standards that are expected of them.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>If you have a female Soldier and you can tell that she goes out of her way to make her hair look "cute", do her a favor and pull her to the side. When I spoke to a group of ROTC females, I asked them if they think that their uniform makes them look cute or if it flatters them? Of course all of them said no. I then asked them why they try to make their hair look cute when they do not look attractive in uniform? None of them had a good answer. I explained that as service members we are to look as alike as possible and that we are supposed to make sure that we can operate safely while in uniform. Having cute bangs or head gear that does not fit properly is not safe. Maybe this will help your young female Soldiers understand why the regulation is the way it is.</div>

The problem is 'education'.

Just like anything else, if a Soldier is educated on a subject, they can speak more intelligently on it.

I have seen male NCOs tell a female Soldier that their hair was not in compliance with the regs. &nbsp;I think the problem lies in the fact that many male NCOs don't know or aren't familiar with the female standards in the regulation. &nbsp;It would be difficult to call out something that doesn't comply with Army regulation if you don't know what the regulation is! &nbsp;As NCOs, we need to know what the standards are and enforce those standards. &nbsp;If we don't know, then we go look it up!