Posted on Apr 12, 2014
Shaved heads in basic training; is this mandatory? If it is, then why and why only for males?
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So I was in basic training land today to help with some medical stuff. I couldn't help but noticed all the shaved heads all over the place and then the females with 20 ft of hair. In an era where we are screaming equal treatment; is this equal?I am also wondering why does a new private have to get his head shaved in the first place? Why not just a haircut within Army Standards?
Have the lines between male and female been erased? Are they trying to be erased or are we picking and choosing which ones we want to erase? Why does a male soldier have no choice in keeping his hair but a female does? If you love Liberty you will vote below.
ADDED: Could this be considered a form of hazing with the crackdown on hazing since this is obviously not a requirement but more of a tradition? I'm not saying I think it is I'm just asking the question. If it's not required and it doesn't apply to everyone.
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Well, well, well what do we have here?
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/01/08/rtc-boot-camp-haircuts-navy/21439483/
Have the lines between male and female been erased? Are they trying to be erased or are we picking and choosing which ones we want to erase? Why does a male soldier have no choice in keeping his hair but a female does? If you love Liberty you will vote below.
ADDED: Could this be considered a form of hazing with the crackdown on hazing since this is obviously not a requirement but more of a tradition? I'm not saying I think it is I'm just asking the question. If it's not required and it doesn't apply to everyone.
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Well, well, well what do we have here?
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/01/08/rtc-boot-camp-haircuts-navy/21439483/
Basic Training
Grooming Standards
Equality
Drill Sergeant
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Posted 11 y ago
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I have never been a person of political correctness so here it goes. I think that women are in a lot of roles they don't belong. IE. There should have never been a female prisoner taken from a supply unit lost in a logistical error. She should have never been there. They should have been left in state side and behind lines support. As for the men you will be ordered to do things that require total submission to your superior. The first step in learning this is to get rid of your own identity. I have hair half way to my ass now and I like it. But becoming a raisin as a first sacrifice though small compared to what may come. It's learning how to follow your superiors that is important. So keep cutting it off. I'm proof it will grow back lol.
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I understand the reasoning for the males getting their haircut and the manner in which they do it. I just wish I knew before hand that they require everyone to be shaved regardless. I had just gotten my haircut the day before.
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Hair standards have to comply within Army regulations at all times. At basic training, how often do you get to get a haircut? With a big company, do you think everyone wants to wait for each Soldier to spend 10 - 15 minutes sitting in the barber's chair. That is ridiculous.
Female hair standards mandate hair can be no shorter than 1/4 inch from the scalp. That means no G.I. Jane haircuts.
Female hair standards mandate hair can be no shorter than 1/4 inch from the scalp. That means no G.I. Jane haircuts.
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Maybe not shave all the female's hair off and make them bald. Maybe just have them all be the same length. If one of the females has shorter hair than the others, she can keep it but it wouldn't be allowed to get farther than a certain length like say a couple of inches above the shoulders
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LCpl Jessica Chaney
hell no I like mine shorter than that, there is no way I would be able to deal with that.
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I was instructed at the Cadre Training Course that Basic Training Soldiers cannot be force to shave their head IAW TRADOC 350-6. As long as they get a Hair Cut that's in reg they are fine.
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What does hair have to do with it? What about some of our special groups - you see them with long hair and breads (not women although one thread was talking about a female having a moustache)
Funny how we judge people based upon their looks instead of their qualities - for example actors
Funny how we judge people based upon their looks instead of their qualities - for example actors
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I got reprimanded because one of my Sgt majors thought my hair was to short. I think if it can stay neat and out of the way it shouldn't matter but the regs give male marines 0 to 3
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wow I felt great with a shaved head training in the heat.The DI's do not have time to get everyone in standard without the crash course called the buzzcut.
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