Humor: Should soldiers have hair?

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:36:06 -0400

With all the whining about recent changes to AR 670--1...why not just shave it all off, male and female?

http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/10/base-barber-want-high-tight-high-tight/?omhide=true&utm_source=Duffel+Blog+Email+Newsletter&utm_campaign=18b944c076-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6128900c72-18b944c [login to see] 5

Base Barber: Do You Want A High And Tight, Or A High And Tight?

The best barber at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport wants to make sure you get the best haircut he can deliver. Maybe the only one.

Response by SPC James Mcneil made Oct 29 at 2014 8:41 AM

SPC James Mcneil — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:41:43 -0400

Now that would be interesting.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2014 8:45 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:45:07 -0400

I'm for it! Along with SPC James Mcneil, I am already meeting the (new) standard!

Response by CW2 Paul Beiss made Oct 29 at 2014 9:11 AM

CW2 Paul Beiss — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:11:13 -0400

Considering for the last 15 years I personally haven't had a choice in the matter, I would say WHACK it all off! I got sick of different standards for males and females. Hair AND APFT! Also got sick of watching all these slick LTs and CPTs running around sporting a poorly groomed melon, bad example for the youngsters that looked up to them!

Response by SSG V. Michelle Woods made Oct 29 at 2014 4:21 PM

SSG V. Michelle Woods — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:21:13 -0400

OR! Why not have everyone have a bun? One single bun centered on the back of the head. Too easy right?

I've thrown this idea out before but there weren't any takers :)

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Oct 29 at 2014 4:42 PM

Maj Chris Nelson — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:42:48 -0400

I already sport the chrome dome. I refuse to sport a combover!! Closest I will get to hair on top of my head would be the new kitten my daughter got....

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2014 5:31 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:31:47 -0400

It's actually a really funny article for me. I got a high and tight once and my chief laid into me about being out of regs because of it. I'm not sure if it ever changed but back then you had to have a taper from the neck and up the sides so the shaved sides of a high and tight were out of regs.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2014 6:09 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:09:23 -0400

As you can see in my DA Photo, I didn't just go high and tight, I went high and bald. Not much choice in the matter either. If I try to grow it out my receding hairline makes me look like Friar Tuck.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2014 9:05 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:05:06 -0400

I usually say I gave up on my hair along time ago and so I just shave it all the time. But in truth my hair gave up on me after OIF 1 and hasn't tried to make a strong comeback since then.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2014 2:37 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 02:37:07 -0500

Grooming standards? GROOMING STANDARDS!

Generation Kill - The Best of Sgt. Maj. John Sixta

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2014 12:05 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:05:43 -0500

Military appearance is everything. We must look like soldiers. with that said i still believe having hair is not the issue. as long as you stay in regs and arent keeping your hair unkempt, i think it is possible to have hair and still maintain the standards.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2014 1:22 PM

CSM Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:22:11 -0500

Yes...but I think females should have to follow the same regulations for grooming and hairstyles. Fairness, right!?

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 7 at 2014 11:53 AM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:53:00 -0500

My posts keep vanishing...any one seen the one about the female NCO I had to tell to shave? If you do, please cut and paste and send to me...that was a keeper.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 19 at 2014 11:14 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:14:09 -0500

Hair is highly overrated. :-)

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 19 at 2014 8:09 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:09:23 -0500

Please remember to vote on the Q above..electronic coin might be in your future!

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Dec 20 at 2014 7:17 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:17:41 -0500

I still have plenty of hair, it just doesn't make it all the way to the top. It falls short of its goal and sprouts in the strangest places: Out of the ears, on top of the ears (I'm beginning to look like a werewolf), back, chest, you name it.

In Vietnam we had a lieutenant who worked his way through college as a barber and had a thriving business. He had his wife send him his kit and he cut hair for $.25. Inasmuch as he could knock out an acceptable flattop in just a couple minutes, those quarters added up pretty quickly. (Don't know what a flattop is? Ask your dad)

We had a problem when he DEROS'd. We picked up the company barber kit from the orderly room and picked through the implements like they were alien tools. We finally decided on a plan. First drink a beer. Then cut each others hair with the stipulation that no one could cut the hair of the person who cut theirs. First, drink more beer. By the time we were done our flattops were listing heavily to either side or front or back. Most ended up with well trimmed heads with a band of slightly longer hair encircling the crown in a serpentine fashion. There was a lot of laughter that night and a few punches thrown. The next day we found a Vietnamese barber who would visit our base camp regularly. To him, $.25 was a fortune.

Response by LTC Richard Wasserman made Dec 20 at 2014 10:58 PM

LTC Richard Wasserman — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:58:04 -0500

No freeking way. My wife suggested it, but as long I still have it------------

Response by PFC Zanie Young made Dec 21 at 2014 7:47 PM

PFC Zanie Young — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:47:41 -0500

Wild and wooly, or bald and smooth enough to smack... tough choice!

Response by CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2017 9:37 PM

CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:37:06 -0500

Used to hear often "if USMC wanted you to have a wife, they'd issue you one", so......."if military wanted you to have hair they'd issue you some"? Two shades of green for tropical, light green and dark green, two shades of tan for desert. The old guys would be good to go in arctic - naturally white (assuming they still have any hair). Some of the youngsters would dig it, maybe?