Should women have to cut hair for Ranger School?

Three's a charm...clip it-I dare ya :)

Operative word in that sentence is *ALMOST*. :)

Not my lovely red locks! Then I couldn't be Jessica Rabbit. Right, CSM (Join to see) ?? Ha!

There are instances when AR 670-1 does not apply. Ranger School is one of those instances. You wear a sterile uniform and are addressed simply as Ranger (and a bunch of other words I can't say here). SFAS is another example. The standards were to remain the same for all students, the females should look like an Auschwitz survivor just like the males.

CMSgt (Join to see) You would still be gorgeous bald, look how sexy I am Bahahaha!

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Daw.. Fetching indeed, you ol' cueball, you! Lol!

My hair was longer when I was in and it was a pain, I fought to keep it in regs and to fit under caps, it would fall down, until finally I cut it short, If I would have had to of been in the field for days and days on end with no way to care for it, It would have been buzzed back then. Long hair is just not practical.

When I was a battalion commander during DESERT STORM, my S-2 was a female MI officer with very long blonde hair. I recommended that she cut it short before deploying, but she opted to leave it long and deal with it in the desert, which she will tell you was a royal pain in the butt. She succeeded throughout the entire 14 month deployment and kept it within regulations at all times.

Having said that, I am not sure she would have been as successful if she had been in a line company instead of a headquarters unit, as the "facilities" were certainly more Spartan in the outlying areas. While we also lived in tents and moved very frequently, our set-up was just generally better than the smaller elements could manage.

Having said that, I do not know how a female in Ranger School could manage anything more than a short haircut. Taking care of her hair will be the least of her concerns and would just be a distraction to surviving and completing the course. Those who have not experienced Ranger School just would not understand. I think someone gave these women some good advice, which they apparently took to heart. More power to them...

There are a few schools that any long hair is impractical that I have been to, why give someone a hand hold in the sawdust pits. It is a decision they have to make and live with. A buzz cut is not required but so much easier to live with in some situations.

Everyone should have the same hair. Everyone equal under the rules.