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[Athena]

o_O you can't have long hair if you're in the army?

[Mig Eater]

AFAIK no modern armed force lets you have long hair, even women have to have sort hair.

[chemical ali]

I had to give up my hair for the army. :(
Still, I can grow it back a little, then will have to shave it all off before going on another ex... or op... =/

good boy, remember OPSEC.

o_O you can't have long hair if you're in the army?

How would you put a helmet on with hippy hair lol? And in NBC attack hair is a decontamination risk so you have to shave it off.

[Ash]

Quite right. My mum was in the army. Couldn't have it longer than neck-length.

At basic, most armies force recruits to shave off ALL their hair with bare-blade clippers. However, once you get out of basic, most soldiers grow their hair to a style...but indeed, it can't go past neck-length.


Besides, who'd take a long-haired soldier seriously? I find it difficult to take long-haired guys seriously at the best of times, let alone if they were wearing military fatigues trying to look smart and presentable.

[Athena]

Well I think it's insane. Another good reason for people not to join the army (apart from the dangers) , they even tell you how to wear your hair..

[killakanz]

You can have long hair in the british army, however you must have;
A) Female genitalia
or
B) A religion that requires you to have long hair.

Sadly, I don't have either. So short hair for me.
Those who do get to have long hair must have it tied up tho.

Edited by killakanz, 20 March 2006 - 06:05 PM.

[chemical ali]

So where you off to now? Are you a reg or TA I know a few TA people who were off to Tellick.

[killakanz]

I... erm... might be.
Nothings certain yet.

[Ash]

Well I think it's insane. Another good reason for people not to join the army (apart from the dangers) , they even tell you how to wear your hair..

Well, it's not insane if, as Ali said, your hair is exposed outside of NBC suit, and it gets infested with smallpox viruses or VX poison gas (which sticks to more or less anything), and as a result you become a danger to both yourself (even before you take your mask off[/i] and everyone around you.
It isn't insane if the enemy are using dogs or a fine-tooth comb to hunt for any sign of your squad.
It isn't insane on parade, either. The army demands tidiness, order and uniformity. It trains you to be robots, not individuals. It can't afford for you to be individual, you have to be part of a team. Part of this deindividuation includes regulated hairstyle. The Army also takes immense pride in tradition, appearance and presentability. It's supposed to be comprised of the nation's finest...and just wouldn't look the part if everyone looked ragtag Personally, I'd vie for facial hair to be made disciplinary offence except when out in the wild. That includes moustaches

As said you can grow it somewhat after basic training, but nothing outside of regulations. This is an organisation that requires the grass to be trimmed with nail scissors for perfect uniform length. If anything is missed, somebody's gonna get fucked for it. And you just have to hope that somebody isn't you.

Edited by Paradox, 20 March 2006 - 07:49 PM.

[chemical ali]

(Kal)

Pah! Tell that to Che Guevara.

Hes a commie and dead so that dosnt count.

[Athena]

I still think it's stupid. No one should prescribe someone else (strangers even) into detail how they should look. The world would be boring if we'd all look exactly the same.

[chemical ali]

I still think it's stupid. No one should prescribe someone else (strangers even) into detail how they should look. The world would be boring if we'd all look exactly the same.

So if you had 40 seconds to get into a NBC suit and mask when VX nerve gas was coming out you would go I'm not having short hair rofl.

Prepare for one of the most violent deaths. And it adds dicipline if you did'nt have that in a stressful sitaution like combat you could endanger your own and other lives.

[Shine On]

Why are you making it such a big deal blaat. I think that 90% of people in the army wouldn't want short hair if they had the choice but its a neccessity...

If you have long hair, then that will cause alot of problems such as obstructing your view, getting caught up in machinery etc. which have been stated already here. Its part of the job, and its part of safety more then anything

[Athena]

Put it in your coat. It's what I do every morning when I need to have my bag on my back.

[Athena]

I didn't mean you personally. I ment it @ Ali's and Xeno's post.

[Shine On]

But Blaat remember its the army we are talking about, Not going to Uni. They Don't have the luxury to have space to "put it in".

Just think, if it comes out and you are fiddleing about with it in order to make sure its still tucked in you could of had a bullet in your head from a sniper...

Now how would your hair look with blood and brains on it?