Most memorable trip to the "Barracks Barber?"

Ok, so in 1973, you had to report to the "Pay Officer" to get paid. Normally a 2LT sitting behind a desk with a pile of cash, He presented you with a check, you signed and he gave you cash, but....Approach the 2Lt, Sir Pvt so and so reporting for pay!!! Soldier you need a haircut...Yessir as soon as I get paid, I will get one..Oh no, get one, or you don't get paid...OK, next in line gets paid...You borrow $2 to get haircut, with a promise you will pay $5 when you get paid (loan sharks). Soldier gives you money to get haircut, you get back in line, get paid and have to pay your "buddy" $5 for a $2 haircut, sigh!!!

Ha!! I don't think I can comment on this.........go for it guys!

I remember I was an E-4 in 1/75th rgr we had to have a fresh high & tight hair cut every Monday morning without fail. So as normal Saturday I went to the barber down town but this time I wanted to look cool because I had a date that night. So I asked the barber to put a part in my hair, everything went ok that night. But Monday morning My Plt Sgt saw that part in my hair at PT and told my Squad ldr and team Ldr to report to the CP along with me after PT. we got there and he chewed my ass for 30 min telling me the hiar cut is not to be cool and I better have that part out of my hair by the next time he see me. Now black guys can not just comb your hair in a different style to get rid of a part so I had to find the barracks barber to cut all me little hair off, and being bald was not cool in the 80's for a brother. needless to say I never got a part again.

Hair cut at JRTC and the power goes out. Another in Afghanistan and the rockets/mortar attack happens in the middle of cutting hair.

We never got to cut our hair as a matter of fact 2 guys got Article 15 for cutting their hair. What really was wrong every week we had to pay for our hair cut lol. Same for Rangers..Rangers lead the way

I was the barracks barber. Being an SH it sort of part of the job.

For my entire time in uniform with exception of basic training and when I went before the SGT promotion board, I shaved my head with a razor. But I was the barracks barber and with zero training, I did an excellent job.

Two memories come to mind- The first hair cut in Basic. I was in line behind the bypass(s) we had (They went to the into the ANG while we were all permanent) , I dared to look up from my Basic training manual and saw the barber giving what I would have considered a regular short haircut. I relaxed knowing all of my 1979/1980 long hair would not be cut away. My turn came and I sat and watched in horror as all of my hair was just chopped away. Where was my nice short hair cut like the other guy? I was confused, but as each of my new bald buddies went through and got the same treatment as myself, I did over hear our TI tell the two guys with the nice hair cuts, that they had to get moving to some such other place. Later I found out they were bypass(ers). I then wondered why my Recruiter failed to mention that such a "part time" thing existed.
In one of my earlier responses to "A knucklehead thing I did..." This is part of that- After I tried to explain to my Superior that having a nice new 35-10 hair cut would not make me a better or more productive airman, I was immediately dispatched to the base barber and given the "Head of the line" treatment. My Supervisor even paid for the haircut. I did pay him back. But at the time, I was a know it all idiot.

I was that barber when I was in Airborne school right up to the second day when they said no barracks haircuts. Instead of going to pay for a haircut I decided to bicked my head. Well it was interesting the first time as the hair was not as short as it should have been to bick, but it turned out fine....until...I went to the O-club pool and totally got burned. Then my razor brought and cut the back of my scalp when I was doing it during week 3. I had to switch razors and continue going after throwing water on it (making it look way worse than it was) to avoid having a messed up haircut and a reason to get yelled out.

I was the barracks barber who fixed all the messed up clipper cuts guys had gotten while on leave. I didn't charge for it I did it out of pity before Monday morning inspections.
However, while at the VA I noticed there was a barber shop and I needed a trim. I could see how nervous this poor guy was trying to talk me out of it but not wanting to refuse me as a female. I tried to encourage him and wanted it trimmed straight across the bottom. His dark skin paled to a ash grey color that I recognized from hospice right before someone actually dies. He did it and and survived. Do I look scary to you