If you could remove one AR 670-1 regulation which would it be?

I have to agree with the Major why have pockets if you can’t put your hands in them to keep them warm.

MSG William Hesser - And why would you call them that ? U.S.A.F. Veteran Beaver

What are gloves for?

Amen

COL (Join to see) - All that follows presumes that the only outer garment permitted by AR 670-1 is still the "boat" cloak. The last time I was dressed in "white tie" I was no where near the air intakes of a jet engine.

CPT (Join to see), that's the kind of thinking that gets people sucked into jet engines.

Oh well, I am very fatalistic. ;-) Nevertheless if the Marines find it to be acceptable for wear, that's good enough for me. Their uniform looks very nice and I never heard anyone confuse their mess dress with anything other than a uniform.

SPC (Join to see) - Thank you. I needed that.

SPC (Join to see) - That is one reason your probably still a SPC as well.

Boonie caps can on occasion affect your ability to hear the enemy (especially at night).

CPT (Join to see) - We in the SF always used 'boonie' hats. and it does not hinder your ability to hear. In fact it 'cups' the noise onto your ear much better.

I was an 18A and I usually used a PC at night whenever in Europe or other non-"buggy" places. They taught us back in the dark ages that hearing was not enough, but directional perception was enhanced by a bare ear. The new tech may have solved that problem for this crop of troopers.

Head phones posse a safety issue, runners do not pay attention to their surrounding. The earphones cause a distraction, way too many times were I have almost hit a runner because they were wearing headphones.

While running on a track or no traffic area yes.

NOTICE THE (APFT) in his statement. Most APFT's are done on a track or some controlled environment. I agree with Sgt Oliver. If your running on the road then use your head and use one ear bud.

?? Mind you, I've been out of the military now for seven years...are headphones allowed in uniform?...even a APFT uniform? Wow, the Army has changed in seven years.

Yes,these tribal-native bush beards everyone has these days would be a real killer if hit with Sarin etc....IT HAPPENS,believe me.

ID 10 T card holders want to look good there is a reason for every reg even if they do sound stupid.

SGM Harvey Boone - most of the time

There are obvious reasons for the no beard and minimal mustache. Primarily it is a hygiene issue and has been proven to also be a deter-ant to hand to hand combat.
However, in SF we often have to blend in with the people we are working with. Good example in Afghanistan. Our team members would dress and grow beards along wit all we were doing to help them, in order to win their trust.

SFC Gary Fox - The Navy eliminated facial hair because of poor seals on gas masks.

CPT (Join to see) - You can get a good seal if the beard is kept short.

Nothing wrong with "basic-training" short hair. It's easy to maintain; wash, soap up, and out the door. I still keep mine short...plus it doesn't show the grey hair either!

I’ve been saying this for ever, 1) the proper seal of the gas mask isn’t a issue because if it was SF wouldn’t be allowed to do this and as far as the hair standards female can have braid dreads corn rows shaved hair and Justin Bieber hair but god forbid if I don’t have my weekly fade or my hair barely touches my eyebrows

Sgt Joseph Baker - Cheap shot, but I forgive you. Everyone cannot be an Army Ranger. "The best are called, but even fewer can hack it".

CPT (Join to see) - Obviously Sgt Baker is right and it appears you missed the Junior Officer Senior NCO Training course. Regs including personal appearance are there for a reason. Individual expression in uniform is NOT an option.

SMSgt John Clifford - No it is not and it is also obvious you missed my point entirely. My comment simply addressed the impropriety of comments that make the Army appear to be the only branch that is having a difficulty with quality in the general recruit. But to make my point, "Air Force Gloves" are certainly not new and before I met PJs, CCTs, and a lot of aviators, I was significantly underwealmed by the general appearance of most non-combat Air Force personnel. It was not a fair observation when I first made it and neither are your comments. Lastly, the Air Force may have "junior officers" but the Army has "Company Grade Officers" which carried a heavy responsibility for our recent successes. Remember the operational plan for "The Surge" in Iraq was for the most part led by 2/LTs and SSGs. SF and Rangers assisted but it was the regular soldiers that gained the victory. Air support in a city is really dicey.

One thing I recall about being a Marine: almost nobody ever quoted some regulation number like they spent the whole night reading the regs. When I attended my son's graduation at Fort Jackson, what I noticed after the ceremony, when soldiers were just hanging out with family, or with each other, there were plenty who were talking about how to get by this reg or that rule. I thought, "You just graduated basic training and it seems all you learned was how to avoid following Army rules!" My son looked somewhat uncomfortable listening to them, knowing his jarhead father was listening to them, because he seemed to take being in the Army like a job and not some gameshow. Back to where I started, the Corps, you just knew you had better wear the uniform one way, the Corps way, and your haircut choices were short and really short, and you didn't mouth off to people of higher rank unless you wanted to have a very unpleasant time. I didn't see any male Marines with earrings or piercings or anything that took away from that locked and cocked and squared away image that each Marine acquired during boot camp. Once-a-Marine, Always-a-Marine wasn't just a slogan for former Marines, it also meant you did not stop looking and acting like a Marine just because bootcamp was over.

I think Canadians cam do that now.

I'd reenlist for a mullet. It would get old fast though.

And your still a SFC should be a PVT then or get out and grow what ever you want don't cultivate on you face what grows wild on your ass. Your not in the islamic army here "I HOPE"

SGM Harvey Boone - That's hilarious !

That bama is the reason why I have an autoanswering app for text messages. I can program it for different messages for different people.

I've done it. "Sgt, I'm around the corner, I would be next to you but I had to stop to take a call."

I have watched the Army with electronic devices and I have too chuckle.

Best one I ever saw, Airman at MacDill on cell when taps played, One of the guys from SOCOM saw him, waited until taps was over and proceeded to jump in said Airman's backside to the degree that he marched him in the building so call his wing to come pick him up. That was plain total and complete loss of military bearing and wholly unacceptable no matter the rank, no matter the branch.

Im curious too the moat common one, thats the whole Idea

Hands in the pocket. If their cold, why not?

Interesting lol not a normal one I hear

That's what I thought too - haven't seen many tattoo comments yet though.