Posted on Apr 15, 2014
Military hairstyle of choice and the men who wear them
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My hair is considered to be long by Army standards. I don't like the buzz cut/flat top style of hair. It makes me look like a tool. So I wear my hair the way I like it and have been chastised my entire career--even though I keep it in regs all the time. Some folks have called me Elvis, which I take as a compliment.<br><br>Post your favorite hairstyle, preferably as a picture of you. How do you feel about the standard Army cut and those that aren't similar?<br><br>Even better, do you have a story of a Troop who went out of their way to grow their hair so they could squeak by the regs just enough to sort of be ok?<br>
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I'm balding, so I shave my head. I usually remind people, God only made a few perfect heads, the rest he put hair on.
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For a long time I would just buzz it with a one on the clippers. Due to heavy persuasion from household 6 I now keep it at a middle fade with a little on the top. The deal was though I'll keep my hair only as long as she learned how to cut it and cuts it every week. I did threaten her though once I retire I'm growing a mullet "professional in the front party in the back"..
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In Iraq (BIAP), there was an Arkansas NG SPC who came strolling through the DFAC with a mohawk. He walked by senior NCOs and officers alike. I was SGT at the time, and when I saw this, I wasn't sure what to be mad at more, the fact that he thought he could wear that type of hairstyle, or the fact that none of the SNCOs and Officers said anything. I proceeded to get up from my dinner and follow him. I asked him to step out of the line and pulled him to the side and corrected him, politely. He said his haircut was in reg, and turned his back to me and walked away, at least he tried to walk away. I lost it, at that point. I commenced to giving him the third degree about disrespecting an NCO, and told him to fix his haircut. I also told him that if I caught him out somewhere on the compound with the same hairstyle, I would personally low-crawl his arse to the barber shop to get it fixed.
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CW5 Randy Kirgiss
Sorry Chief, if you don't see the problem with both the SPC turning his back to an NCO while being addressed, or the fact he had a Mohawk - I see where the problem is.
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CW5 Michael Scheller
I for one am glad they updated and detailed more information on hairstyles in AR 670-1. The term faddish or moddish hairstyle left for far too much interpretation on all sides of an issue. For instance I had back to back First Sergeants, one who stated that shaving your head was faddish who changed responsibility with a guy who shaved his not balding head.
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SFC Vernon McNabb
I shave mine because I am balding in the front and on top. In a year, the two sides would have met anyways.
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