HercDriver130

Thanks Spartan....I knew what you meant.....it just sounded weird.

And I agree.... the military....regardless of branch...is not nor should it be a democracy. My first Squadron commander said it best.... the military is an autocratic organization tasked with defending a democratic republic.

sigtauenus

Wow, good thing you threw in the "so to speak" there, or I might have thought you were throwing darts at our uniforms.

Ahem, I'm still a Marine, so yes I still have the haircut. Trust me, if I get hired by the VANG, I have enough leave on the books that I can probably look like Bon Jovi by the time I come over if that's what you guys are in to. Got time for a nice 'stache or goatee too. Actually, I like the haircut, after about 10-14 days growth I can't sleep well because it pokes into my pillow and its uncomfortable. Maybe I've just been brainwashed.

Spartan07

When I got out I swore up and down I was never cutting my hair or shaving again. I lasted a month, couldn't stand the hair and my goatee wasn't thick enough to be 'cool'. Now I get my haircut once a month and shave when I feel like it (Probably once or twice a week).

Good luck getting away from the High & Stupid

dojetdriver

When I clicked on this thread, I thought I would have seen something referring to this:

Stonefly

WOW! If she had been the career planner, I would have re-enlisted!

crewdawg

It's ok for people who are based on an active base but what about in the reserve component? I know as a guardsman this rule would have been pretty hard to follow. My base had a chow hall (sorry DFAC) that was open maybe every other drill weekend and we only recently got a very small mini-bx. So unless we packed our lunch every day, we had to run off base for food. When I was a crew chief, I would launch my jet, run off base and grab some food and rush back to catch my jet. Changing uniform would not have been possible.

I agree with Scrap on this one, there should be not problem with wearing your uniform off base. It would make it a big pain in the a$$ for me. We already work 12 hour days, with most of the rest of the night spent studying or preparing for the next days flight. For me to change out of my flight suit to just to stop and get gas takes away that much more time from sleep or studying, neither of which are in large supply at UPT.

If every marine is a marine to the bone as has been said on here then there should be no problem with them stopping off base. Their uniform should be in good order at all times and should promote a very positive image off base.

Don't get me started on the discipline thing. I was TDY at a location with a marine F-18 unit parked right beside us. We caught, on more than one occasion, some of the maintainers trying to steal our stuff. Apparently we didn't catch them all because some people still had stuff missing. The best though was at the club, they loved to talk smack about the Air Force. But the second you said a bad thing about the marines they were ready to fight and did so on more than one occasion. I thought it was rather comical, maybe when you guys brainwash those dudes you should issue them a sense of humor. Speaking of sense of humor, I would bet that out there somewhere there is some marine all bent out of shape about that girl in the picture above.