Esper directs services to review racial bias in grooming standards, training and more

I had a bad experience with this in AIT. I had locs and was forced to cut them for training. As a new soldier I felt bullied and intimidated into cutting my locs. I was even denied the opportunity to reclass into a MOS that would allow me to keep my locs. Nobody in my chain of command helped me. Instead they called me a baby for not wanting to shave my head and labeled me as difficult. As a new soldier this incident definitely left a bad taste in my mouth. No one told me CBRN couldn't have locs when completing the CDTF chamber. Research prior to shipping also didn't mention it. I was completely blindsided by this. Sensitivity training might have made cutting my hair less traumatizing but that's not what I got.

About time they do something for these women. It’s not rite that I can wake up 2 minutes before formation and be in regs where they have to wake up an hour earlier just to be in regs. The standard isn’t the same.