Recommendation for consolidating your "findings" from RallyPoint threads.

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 08:46:19 -0400

I'll keep this short. Quite a few of the discussions here are designed to answer a specific question. Some of them are answered by regulation or local post policy, some by the overwhelming majority of the population's responses. If your question is designed to provide feedback to the community, a method to use is to consolidate that feedback and update your discussion. You can do this by clicking 'edit' on your original post, and provide an update at the end of the question, or change your original post completely.

For example:
Recently the shaving while off duty discussion reached a number of posts, but the KEY FINDING was the proposed update to AR 670-1 was never instituted, and Army personnel are not required by regulation (depending on how you interpret 'on duty in civilian clothes') to shave. This does not take into account local commander's policy. I would update the original post, cite applicable documents, and provide a consolidated solution to the community.

Or you could just let the community run rampant and force the reader to dig through 8 pages of incorrect opinions and "I was always told..."

RLTW

Response by CPT Jacob Swartout made Aug 3 at 2014 10:22 AM

CPT Jacob Swartout — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:22:10 -0400

I need to research the latest AR 670-1 again on what proposed changes actually made the list. As for shaving, my wife makes me shave everyday and it is also just a force of habit. I read about the changes earlier this year and some I didn't agree with and others ones I was ok with.