I asked earlier about regs for females with longer hair. I was advised to look at a few sites on sock buns for quickly putting up long hair; however, I don't see a single person with hair as long as mine -- several inches past my hips -- is this too long, or have people gotten through everything -- especially PT and showers -- with hair that long.
2007-12-11 08:36:06 · 16 answers · asked by >;-;< 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
"Is that really something to stop you from joining the Marines?"
I didn't say it was going to stop me...
2007-12-11 08:48:27 · update #1
"i hope your a woman"
Well, that would usually go with being female.
2007-12-11 08:49:12 · update #2
If I do cut it, how short do you suggest?
2007-12-11 09:13:59 · update #3
In basic, i think that you have to cut it so it doesnt touch the colar, but after boot camp you can have it as long as you want as long as its up in a neat bun that rests above you colar and cant interfear with your cover(hat).
2007-12-11 08:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
United States Marine Corps
2007-12-11 08:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is way to long to handle while enlisted. During basic, you will have minimal time to shower and dress..not enough time to dry that much hair. Even with it pulled up, it would more than likely affect your ability to wear certain pieces of equipment properly (gas masks are something all soldiers have to wear at some point) and during a deployment you would have even less time to care for it. I would strongly suggest cutting it to at least your shoulders before you hit basic. Go to a stylist you trust, bring along some magazines and choose a very easy to handle style. You will still be required to pull it back at times and must not be too fadish, so a simply bob is always good.
2007-12-11 09:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Annie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
being that long it probably would not easy to pin up and keep within regulations. About the longest down I can recall was shoulder blade length on a WM that could get regulation. Might be able to do it but would take a lot of work and time. If you want to be a Marine you probably will have to shorten it.
2007-12-11 08:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be careful, when I was in basic in the Air Force I was assigned personal protection duty for a rainbow with hair that long. They were afraid someone would come up behind her and butcher her hair before she could get to the beauty shop to have it cut, She arrived on Sat and could not get in until Monday Am.
Vet-USAF
Added : I recommend that if you decide to cut it for you to cut it before you go and donate the hair to the cancer society to make wigs out of.
@DDED Get with your recruiter and find out what the regs say then find a style that will work and that you look good in and like. Good Luck and thank you for Serving.
2007-12-11 08:46:43 · answer #5 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
particularly, It relies upon on the challenge. Battalion Recon Marines do no longer advance out their hair (their hair exchange into longer because of the fact they have been in a wrestle zone and didnt neccessarily have time to discover a barber, or a plug in a wall to hook up their clippers and shave their heads). yet, the smaller, particular forces, back finding on their challenge, will advance their hair out to combination in with popular civilians. and not look so protection rigidity. you need to confess, you spot a severe-and-tight, you recognize they're protection rigidity. plus, like the guy mentioned above, In afghanistan, you get admire for having a beard... hince why they might advance their beards out besides... Marines oftentimes won't advance their hair out in any respect... yet its all in accordance to the challenge to hand.
2016-10-11 02:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope your a woman, the regulation was set at no longer than the collar and 0 to 3 inches for men. that's the marines I don't know about the rest.
2007-12-11 08:43:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't advise trying it. Most females have problems as it is with wearing headgear properly (especially kevlars when shooting from the prone) with shoulder length hair in a bun.
Is that really something to stop you from joining the Marines?
2007-12-11 08:42:29 · answer #8 · answered by imthevoiceofgod 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At West Point military Academy, the number one lesson taught in comanding an army is:
Keep your soldiers clean shaving
Keep their hair short
Make sure they have clean socks
So probably you'll have to cut it
2007-12-11 09:01:32 · answer #9 · answered by Timothy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's too long to be practical. When in uniform, your hair cannot touch your collar. It would be too difficult to put up that much hair every day.
2007-12-11 08:41:52 · answer #10 · answered by DOOM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋