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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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Edited 8 y ago
Posted 8 y ago
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Because your chemical, biological, radiological mask won't seal and you will die or become disabled in the field. You can't help in the battle if that happens. Letting the troops in the middle east wear beards because the enemy wears beards is a bad management decision.
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I don’t think they should have beards because of the protective mask, grooming problems in the field and deployments.
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The standards were put in place for a reason, to show we are professionals and proud of what we do in protecting our nation. So, just a few that don't take pride in that, doesn't define the services. Honor, integirty, are just a few of the things that make up our military.
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If the Army allows that, then we don't need to do background check anymore. Where did you get this info
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Beyond refs and face masks, ask any SFC or above how many times they got passed over for the mustache before shaving and you might have another answer. LOL - tradition!
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Its the easiest way to prevent friendly fire incidents. Shoot everyone with a beard and you are all good. Most18 year olds want to grow beards but it really just looks like random pubic hair.
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I think you should be able to, they make a great point and I’m tired of bleeding out of my face while in the field just so I can get an infection and irritation while “unprofessional” blood dots all over my face
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Only Spec Ops on LURP duty should be allowed to grow beards. No time for personal grooming in the field!!
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