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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PV2 Clifford Thrower
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I am a Male in 1974 when I was inducted into the Army guys were telling them that they wanted theirs cut this way and that way and they would cut it all off when they ask me I told them do what they was supposed to and they gave me a decent cut. My hair was about 5 inches below my shoulders. I guess attitude has a lot to do with it
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SSgt Dennis Brown
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For starters, the basic trainees do not I repeat do not have their heads shaved their cut real short with clippers hand of 1/2 that does not mean 1/2 inch of hair is left it just means that is the smallest clipper there is which lays roughly a quarter inch length but there is nothing wrong with it being cut that short.... It almost sounds like the person making the comment up there is nothing more than a young liberal Cry-Baby... I've made my comments and thatsit... I'm gone
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SSG James Mielke
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Yes, it should be part and parcel for everyone entering military service regardless of gender, skin pigment, or religion.
The shaving of the head, and military grooming standards as a whole is done primarily for hygiene reasons; to make sure no one is coming in with, or developing, a head of lice, fleas, scabies, or other type of infestation.
Because every group hostile to the US knows our weakness and ineffectiveness at fighting unconventional warfare, there is no longer any "front line" from which can have an orderly echelon of personal hygiene going from the front line to the rear areas. Therefore, everyone must consider their posting as "front line" and act accordingly.
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SFC Dana Gaffin
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I’m not sure its a standard any more, but if it is and its administered unequally, then it undermines the equality that is being seek. IE, the more things change the more they will stay the same, and Inequality still rules!
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CWO3 Retired
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You know if your haircut was more important than being equal status quo then I would understand, but in the Military there is no equal rights ever.
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SGT Randall Patsches
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I think it's all part of the upcoming entitled generation! Oh boo ho, you have to get your hair cut! Suck it up!
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Amn Michele Garza-Mathis
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Are you for real?? Cry baby’s!!! This is ridiculous, if you don’t want your damn head shaved then don’t join the military!!! What the hell does a woman shaving her hair have to do with it! Seriously if you want to be a whiner join the cub scouts!
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Cpl Rose Flores Dugan
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Perhaps it’s not the haircut that has you concerned. Perhaps you have a problem with women in the military?
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SrA Richard Harvey
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Must be a Flaming Fagot to want the women to have to shave their heads
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CPT William Jones
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Issue is not having the females shave their heads as much as having more than one hair standard. Don't care what the standards they can very well be made across the board the same. Not a reason in the world the military ant have one set of rules on this issue Hair length is one thing that is adjustable on every head. It can grow or shortened if longhand can grow back. The rule can be written to cove all lengths from shaved to many inches long
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SGT Jd Cox
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I think it is important to note what is actually happening here when we have people with the same haircut, live in the same building, keep the same schedule and eating the same mess hall, we remove individuality. Keep in mind battles are won by teams not the individuals.The first step in basic training, is to remove individuality and to mold the new Soldier into a team player. This is not hazing, just a necessary step towards moving him to a soldier, and not an Individual.
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