I'm a woman and a veteran. Guess what? When I was in we were taught not to be ourselves but be part of the unit. That's kind of how you end up getting so close to those around you that you may dislike anywhere else, you're all just soldiers, nothing more.

Yeah, until you gotta wear helmets and respirators and bio suits or...other PPE, sure, run it like a fooking circus.

Damn. We 'used' to have Standards and for Reasons.

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Of all the battles to fight right now I dunno if Army hairstyles is the hill folks really need to die on.

Pretty soon the military will only be transgender POC's.

Can't wait!!

No, actually its the Army and they're pussies -- more and more now literally lol. No hate, just joking. The point is you chose to serve and you chose to abide by the rules -- because your "individuality" is NOT important in the service. The Marine Corps has done a vastly better job than our civilian sector regarding race relations because their is no tolerance for it and because everyone is treated equally, which mean they're not any more important than an another.

The Army however is filed with pencil pushers, NOT soldiers and now the Dems have made great efforts in getting more Dems in the military and NOW outright discriminating against those who aren't. The leaders that are trying to make this hair style change are doing it for the "soldiers" they're doing it to start pushing their own liberal agendas over the purpose of the Army. Prove me wrong -- what benefit to the Army does new hair style provide?

Stop By A Recruiting Station and make fun of them.

IN other news, the us military will never win another war. Ever.

No wonder the Taliban still controls half of Afghanistan after 20 years of war

In a totally coincidental note, the Army has never had a lower overall force readiness rating in the past seventy years.

Why the fuck would you join the army if you want to embrace individualism? That is one of the last places you would join if that mattered to you. The army is not a democracy. You do what you're told. You wear what you're told to wear. You're all a part of the same unit. You can get rejected for almost any reason if you do not fit into military service standards. China and Russia are gonna roll right over us I swear to god.

The next time there's a real war with a strong country, we are either going to lose badly, or have to start the draft up again.

The only grooming is psychological

Used to be that everyone had short hair due to the fact that it was real easy for an enemy to pull your head back by the hair and slit your throat.

Lipstick? Oh my fucking god. We’re doomed. “Oooh what shade is that... did you get that at Ulta?” “No girl it’s Kylie Jenner.” “Get Out!” “No you get out!” Man Soldier places gun in mouth... “I just want it to stop” he mumbles as he pulls the trigger.

Lol military is not more dependent on women or black women. It's just increasingly lowering the standards and doing what every shit company in america is doing, they're pushing to fill spots with particular groups to fulfill retarded inclusiveness quotas rather and just looking for the best of the best no matter what gender or background.

Remember when the US Army was a professional fighting force?

Pepperidge farm remembers.

Notice they are quoting an Officer ?

Legit, why do we even want females in the army outside of logistics roles? The army is not a place for dress-up and identity politics, it a place of pure efficiency, American lives on your back.

“BEING YOU” is literally the opposite of what the army is supposed to care about.

If our military is dependent on less than 6% of our population we have some major issues.

Like people need to understand that black people are not 50% of the population. They are 13%.

No you fucking can't my God you do not want people defending your country you want fine tuned killing machines. What's wrong with these people????

Good. Putem on the front lines in syria. Give them all the equality and individuality they can ask for. Yeal blm and all that Hahahaha

If "a woman can do anything a man can do", does that not include cutting their ugly hair to fit regulations.

Lol at believing the NYT.

No fucking standards left in the military.

Everyone gets a buzz cut. Problem solved.

Hope that gas mask and hood can fit over your Afro when the gas starts popping off around you...

I kinda thought one of the points of the military was to get rid of individualism and teach people to work as a unit and rely on one another to complete the job. If you’re worried about your hair, you ain’t doing your job correctly.

Because what really matters to a soldier is how pretty you look.

As a woman you should be insulted when people/organizations have to lower their standards to accept you.

Sure it is. /s

I'm sympathetic to their issues, but this has been a thing for a decade or longer. Military requires a certain type of hair style for women that a certain race of women don't naturally have. So they need to spend a lot of time working on that. Or they can shave it or buzz cut it, but most women would never want to do that.

The military is compromised mostly of White males. Females are a very small percentage of the military population. Blacks are a small percentage.

all while man still can't have a proper stash. Sigh.