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The Army allows people with full sleeve tattoos, criminal history, drug/alcohol abuse problems, overweight people, and now psychotic people serve in the military. Clearly the Army isn't worried about looking professional or being professional. Numerous other Allied nations allow their service members to grow beards and have no problem with their SMs utilizing gas masks. Uniformity definitely isn't an issue either, since we have different hairstyles, uniforms, etc. What are your thoughts on this?
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I had fun serving with a mustache for all of my career except basic training and Airborne School. Then again, at Airborne School, I had the reverse mustache where the skin over my lip burned. Many a SGM got tweaked trying to figure out if my stache was too wide. Just gave em a bigger smile when I caught them looking.
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"We do it this way because it's how we've always done it," is a very weak argument!
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OK, I've scanned by this thread too many times. I cannot help myself. My smart ass will not be contained. Apologies in advance.
As a juvenile male enters puberty and begins to sexually mature the gonads begin to produce testosterone. This happens at different ages for different males It is an androgen that stimulates the development of secondary male sexual characteristics...
As a juvenile male enters puberty and begins to sexually mature the gonads begin to produce testosterone. This happens at different ages for different males It is an androgen that stimulates the development of secondary male sexual characteristics...
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CBRN readiness is the reason why. The current mask cannot seal with facial hair.
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If they had allowed facial hair when I was in, I would have stayed for 30 years. But alas, I prefer having facial hair like the generations of my family have had.
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If your saying that the Army dosnt have any of these characteristics then you dumb as shit the army has fat people soft people and people who think they can do what the want people get caught doing drugs and let's them walk free so what army are you talking about quit being dumb or ignorant or stupid their is no problem with facial hair seeing as the special forces can have them
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PO2 Vince Walsh
Well now, after reading and re- reading this comment, I have to conclude that beards are not our biggest problem.
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People who are commenting that we aren’t letting people in with mental health issues need to come down to your local BCT and I can show you at least 10-15 privates with documented mental health diagnosis. It’s getting pretty ridiculous.
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Because your CSM grows out a beard that looks like he glued a 12yos first pubic growth onto his face, and he hates you for your luxurious beard.
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