Posted on Apr 12, 2014
SSG Robert Burns
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Head shaving
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.

*****UPDATED******
Well, well, well what do we have here?
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/01/08/rtc-boot-camp-haircuts-navy/21439483/
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PO1 Tom Follis
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SDG V Michelle Woods, I fail to see how your comment has any credibility. What’s good for one should be good for all.
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CMSgt George Milliorn
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Why aren't Officer candidates head ever shaved?
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SMSgt Alex Medina
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In the Air Force "shaved" means shaved. Our Airmen do NOT get shaved haircuts while in Basic Training. They do get a haircut that's close to the skin but it's NOT shaved. In the Air Force, while I was still in, you had to have a medical reason to shave your head hair.
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SSG V. Michelle Woods
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How is shaving a female’s head to match the male standard “equality”? Ok you want equality, grow out your hair and wear it in a bun.
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2LT Field Artillery Officer
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The main benefit of the BCT buzz is that you can get an entire company through the barber in minimal time - everyone gets the same cut, the same way, and it's the absolute simplest/fastest method to do a haircut...

Since very few men would want to do the female equivalent (bun), and the women thus need less frequent haircuts (an extra inch wrapped into the bun is no big deal)... No reason to change it...
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Sgt Phil Quintana
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In this Jarhead"s oponion, shaving the head serves many purposes. 1) a time saver, both during receiving and during training. 2) uniformity, there was a recruit who's dad was a vice-president at Dole foods, my dad was a foreman at a steel company, Stevens and I looked the same. 3) tradition, the "yellow foot prints", the shaved head, getting yelled at before we even got off the bus, referring to yourself in the third person, catching hell for being a "generational" recruit!
Should recruits get their heads shaved? Yes!
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Lt Col Michael Kwan
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Shaved heads for women, next step is bras and sanitary napkins for men?
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A1C Alexa Cosson
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The military doesn't want just amazing men to serve. They also want amazing, strong, dedicated ladies. We shouldn't have to look like a man to be an excellent military member. We are females, and we should look like females. We'll still be amazing!!
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SPC Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
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When I went through BCT I hated the female hair standards. Gelling my hair down every single day in a tight bun I wasn't used to hurt so bad. I felt like I was never in the proper standard anyway. Once I got to AIT and found out I would be wearing my kevlar for weeks on end, I cut all my hair off. I had the slickest fade. I loved it. Now of course this is not the first time I had cut my hair, so I didn't have the same unhealthy attachment to my hair most females do. However I do think it not only made my training a little less painful but it did feel like a total reform of me as a person. I feel the shaving of heads would benefit both Male and Female.
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CPT Robert Boshears
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There are only a couple of months to take hundred of individuals, break them down to a new realization of becoming part of a team. We lost our first OCS ... Masters degree Candidate, drop out at the haircut line.
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