"History of Personal Grooming in the US Navy" Topic
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24 Oct 2014 1:32 p.m. PST by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "History of Grooming in the US Navy" to "History of Personal Grooming in the US Navy"
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Editor in Chief Bill | 24 Oct 2014 12:07 p.m. PST |
Military grooming standards made news this summer when African American women in the Army and Navy complained about revisions in the regulations governing hair. At least one sailor was discharged for a hairstyle that was unauthorized when the Navy said she couldn't wear a gas mask properly.The instance is the latest in a long line of revisions and controversies over military grooming standards in the U.S. Navy going back more than a century. Most sailors in the early decades of the U.S. Navy stayed clean-shaven, pulling their long hair back into a tail. That had more to do with the fashion of the time rather than official regulations. It was common for American seafarers to adopt the British custom of dipping their tails in tar to keep them in place and out of the rigging—which may be the origin of "tars" as a nickname for sailors. It is also believed the practice led sailors to protect their uniforms from the improvised hair gel by adding a long collar to their shirts. The collar eventually was incorporated by the Navy and still exists today as the flap on the back of the distinctive "crackerjack" uniforms… link |
platypus01au | 24 Oct 2014 1:05 p.m. PST |
Actually very interesting. Also, you should have made the topic "personal grooming" in the U.S. Navy. "Grooming" now has (at least) 4 meanings, and the constant use of the recent meaning in the media made me do a double-take when I saw the topic. I thought it was another sock-puppet. Cheers, JohnG |
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