Posted on Jul 16, 2021
Study Finds Beard Waivers Slow Promotion, Mostly Affecting Black Airmen
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We've got to get rid of this arbitrary shaving nonsense... There's no point to this at all.
And before you scream about gas masks, the average Soldier wears a gas mask once or twice a year, and only for training. And that's a huge maybe... A lot of Soldiers go YEARS between gas chamber training events....
"But what about deployments!?" I hear you scream. That's fine. Commanders can mandate shaving downrange when there's a CBRN threat. That shouldn't affect policy outside that theater of operations.
And before you scream about gas masks, the average Soldier wears a gas mask once or twice a year, and only for training. And that's a huge maybe... A lot of Soldiers go YEARS between gas chamber training events....
"But what about deployments!?" I hear you scream. That's fine. Commanders can mandate shaving downrange when there's a CBRN threat. That shouldn't affect policy outside that theater of operations.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC (Join to see) - Tracking... I think people forget that during the initial invasion of Iraq we were in MOPP gear, and we often went weeks without shaving, showers, etc...
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SFC Michael Hasbun - You can't use logic against seniors that can't grow a beard in the first place, at least that's the word from the bottom regarding why we can't. Though I'm sure you've heard it before.
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This is a ridiculous article since Airman promotions are test based. Not sure there is a question on the test asking if one is wearing a beard.
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