Pete Hegseth's beard obsession
It's a little bit unseemly of one man to have such strong opinions one way or the other over other men's facial hair
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5576171-hegseth-troops-facial-hair-south-korea/
Corey Dickstein
“No more beardos,” Hegseth said during the presentation, which he ordered top officers and their enlisted advisers from around the world to attend. “The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles is done. Simply put, if you do not meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a [physical training] test or don’t want to shave and look professional, it’s time for a new position or a new profession.”
This fellow is starting to sound downright homosexual in the Califonia barbershop district.
"Beardos?" No. There are far too many man-hating carpet-munching lezbos working civilian offices jobs in the military, trapped in long wedding engagements or loveless marriages of convenience with non-contact male spouses.
Hegseth has railed against bearded troops for months and ordered a military-wide review of grooming standards in March. The Army and Marine Corps tightened rules on medical shaving waivers shortly after that order. ¶The memo issued Tuesday ends virtually all religious exemptions that have allowed some service members to wear beards in recent years, including Sikh, Norse Pagan and some Muslim troops.
It's a personal choice of very little consequence and needs to be treated as such. Troops should be issued basic razors, comb, haircutting kit, along with other sundries and essentials to be used as personal choice and circumstances dictate. Men at war are not supposed to be overly groomed, prissy, effeminate neatniks. Shaving is a privilege and a luxury when a shower once a week is so hard to come by. In the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars it was considered extremely dishonorable and offensive to obsess over subordinate soldiers' grooming, shaving and haircutting.
Pseudofolliculitis barbae, caused by curly hairs growing back into the skin, disproportionately affect Black men and is associated with frequent shaving, according to a study by the Society of Federal Health Professionals. Army officials said in July they would help train soldiers suffering from the condition to shave properly.
We have to go medieval. Throw those poor quality made-to-contract razors and clothes with tight French collars out, and issue tweezers to pull out ingrown hairs. You need to keep your guns oiled, keep your powder dry, collect the brass, reload the ammunition, and keep on fighting in order to win a war. Five minutes with a good military quality blade to shave with, toothbrush to brush your teeth, glance in the mirror, shaving cream, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, hot water, clean up the mess, or get off the property with the medical crap and religious mumbo-jumbo about beardedness or long hair or women in the military or whatever. Shine your shoes and button your coat, wash your clothes and make sure you don't get athlete's foot or jock itch. A man with a sharp blade shaving or pulling out ingrown facial hairs with a pair of tweezers doesn't need a kick or a punch or a shove or a stab in the back from an overly friendly superior officer at just the wrong moment. It's time to clean up the mess, make the beds, eat breakfast, and move on with training and practice for the day without further comment on facial hair.
There is one place Hegseth said he would continue to allow beards: In some special operations formations when they request modified grooming standards for “mission-essential requirements.” Some Green Berets, Navy SEALs and other special operators have famously sported beards during combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere during the Global War on Terror. “If you want a beard, you can join Special Forces,” Hegseth said Tuesday at Quantico. “If not, then shave.”
It doesn't sound like Pete Hegseth has anything special to offer for special forces either.
I do not want to be rude. It's an ultra-modern Israeli-influenced hyper-civilianized gun-controlled military police culture which I am not a part of. I can read history books and understand situations and circumstances, and these do not dictate what is necessary and essential to win a war.