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With all the whining about recent changes to AR 670--1...why not just shave it all off, male and female?
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Grooming Standards
Grooming Standards
Edited 11 y ago
Posted 11 y ago
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I still have plenty of hair, it just doesn't make it all the way to the top. It falls short of its goal and sprouts in the strangest places: Out of the ears, on top of the ears (I'm beginning to look like a werewolf), back, chest, you name it.
In Vietnam we had a lieutenant who worked his way through college as a barber and had a thriving business. He had his wife send him his kit and he cut hair for $.25. Inasmuch as he could knock out an acceptable flattop in just a couple minutes, those quarters added up pretty quickly. (Don't know what a flattop is? Ask your dad)
We had a problem when he DEROS'd. We picked up the company barber kit from the orderly room and picked through the implements like they were alien tools. We finally decided on a plan. First drink a beer. Then cut each others hair with the stipulation that no one could cut the hair of the person who cut theirs. First, drink more beer. By the time we were done our flattops were listing heavily to either side or front or back. Most ended up with well trimmed heads with a band of slightly longer hair encircling the crown in a serpentine fashion. There was a lot of laughter that night and a few punches thrown. The next day we found a Vietnamese barber who would visit our base camp regularly. To him, $.25 was a fortune.
In Vietnam we had a lieutenant who worked his way through college as a barber and had a thriving business. He had his wife send him his kit and he cut hair for $.25. Inasmuch as he could knock out an acceptable flattop in just a couple minutes, those quarters added up pretty quickly. (Don't know what a flattop is? Ask your dad)
We had a problem when he DEROS'd. We picked up the company barber kit from the orderly room and picked through the implements like they were alien tools. We finally decided on a plan. First drink a beer. Then cut each others hair with the stipulation that no one could cut the hair of the person who cut theirs. First, drink more beer. By the time we were done our flattops were listing heavily to either side or front or back. Most ended up with well trimmed heads with a band of slightly longer hair encircling the crown in a serpentine fashion. There was a lot of laughter that night and a few punches thrown. The next day we found a Vietnamese barber who would visit our base camp regularly. To him, $.25 was a fortune.
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CPT Durish--I well remember my dad, a green beret, giving us boys flat tops to save a few bucks...he might as well have used a machete.
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Yes...but I think females should have to follow the same regulations for grooming and hairstyles. Â Fairness, right!?
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As you can see in my DA Photo, I didn't just go high and tight, I went high and bald. Not much choice in the matter either. If I try to grow it out my receding hairline makes me look like Friar Tuck.
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OR! Why not have everyone have a bun? One single bun centered on the back of the head. Too easy right?
I've thrown this idea out before but there weren't any takers :)
I've thrown this idea out before but there weren't any takers :)
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To make that change, you'd have to present it as mission-enhancing. Maybe the bun can be used to stash pens, eliminating the need for pen pockets on our uniform sleeves?
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SSG Woods...I like the Samurai Warrior look; one bun/one pony tail. No forehead hair..cool silks, sharp swords.
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Considering for the last 15 years I personally haven't had a choice in the matter, I would say WHACK it all off! I got sick of different standards for males and females. Hair AND APFT! Also got sick of watching all these slick LTs and CPTs running around sporting a poorly groomed melon, bad example for the youngsters that looked up to them!
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Agree...a sneaky feeling making everyone snag a beret, especially a black hot wool one (the hamburger) is designed to make people sweat out their remaining follicles.
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CW2 Paul Beiss
WIthout getting defensive CPT Michael Barden, you know the type I'm talking about. Usually the younger fellas sporting hair down their neck, over their ears and bangs half way down their foreheads. I lost count on the number of company grades I saw in 20 years being reprimanded by field grades. So I'm pointing out the "slick" ones as the Officers that gently dance on or even blatantly ignore the regs.
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In the words of one Bald SMA: If God wanted you to have hair, He would have issued it to ya. The rest of us He made perfect!"
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No freeking way. My wife suggested it, but as long I still have it------------
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Please remember to vote on the Q above..electronic coin might be in your future!
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