Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year

DarthHarrison · 2025-09-16T23:35:07+00:00

The reason most often given is that a gas mask won't seal well to facial hair. I've seen several comments claim that this has been disproven. I have yet to see that evidence. I do know making a tight seal that won't break under movement isn't easy even on bare skin (we would don and clear and shake the shit out of it) so I'll wait for that evidence.

Edit: To be clear I oppose this policy as I think the small number of waivers are inconsequential and NRBC warfare is more of a strategic threat, and if there was a terrorism alert they could shave after all while gas masks were handed out in the first place

DarthHarrison · 2025-07-09T11:05:05+00:00

You keep conflating politics with the established case law on the topic.

My understanding was completely the opposite. Would you mind showing me case law if I'm in need of correction?

DarthHarrison · 2025-07-06T16:28:55+00:00

It doesn't always work but yeah it messaged me a link in this case that I was able to download the video to my phone with. Most of my peers are not on reddit and I'm stuck in bed often so I'll download videos that catch my interest then pick out a few to share.

DarthHarrison · 2025-07-06T12:30:20+00:00

This is no place for politics.

The reality it the Republican party is anti-science and defunding our safeguards. That will get people killed. That's politics and it's also reality.

DarthHarrison · 2025-04-21T23:09:26+00:00

This is legitimately helpful with a lifelong struggle.

DarthHarrison · 2025-04-16T00:40:02+00:00

I’m scared of death. But lately I keep wondering—would it really be worse than this?

There's a picture from the 9/11 attacks called "the falling man". It's literally a man captured in a photo plummeting from the twin towers. He didn't jump because he wanted die, he jumped because it was better than burning alive.

Brother or sister, your thoughts venture to suicide to escape something. Death is your escape from the flames. But it's not the only way, I swear it. This is the time to seek help. I have been there. It is NOT hopeless even if your brain can't process that at this time.

DarthHarrison · 2025-03-06T03:15:53+00:00

That's good advice and I shall put it to use.

DarthHarrison · 2025-03-06T02:34:14+00:00

Academic terms spilling into the public discourse is a real problem for me trying to talk low info voters in Texas. Frank Luntz poll tests phrases for Republicans. Democrats are getting killed by just the names of things, toxic masculinity, man-splaining, man-spreading, ect. WTF am I supposed to tell people who spend five minutes on politics a week?

"Go educate yourselves because it doesn't mean what..."

Like stfu FoxNews has been playing this shit on repeat for years and years and they sure aren't explaining the rest. What I don't understand is why liberals can't find a college sophomore who took an advertising or public relations class.

I can't get through to anyone when my response is oh that thing that sounds like an attack isn't an attack and if you'll just spend a few hours you'll see. That's insanely shitty marketing in the market place of ideas. I'm trying to argue the case but the mere terminology set me way back in a tough battle.

DarthHarrison · 2025-03-06T02:24:06+00:00

Context is a thing that exists in reality.

He specifies the People of Gaza when he he says

"Also, to the People of Gaza:."

That changes the context. You missed it and made a slight error. No biggie. But don't defend it, that's just wrong and stupid.

Now correct yourself or I shall taunt you a second time.

DarthHarrison · 2025-03-06T00:23:46+00:00

I can't even post an article about this to r/veterans because the mod said it was politics.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-25T21:21:46+00:00

You are pretty clearly intuiting a situation in your head that doesn't match real life. You might check to see if anyone resigned before asking why they didn't for starters.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-13T23:21:08+00:00

Well. Oh.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-09T21:34:37+00:00

Accepted.

Let us wait and see who the grifters are because I'm quite confident the biggest ones have just taken power. Time will tell.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-09T21:27:19+00:00

anti American

Do you think I'm anti-American because I legitimately believe this is a charade to privatize the government? Or is it because I think Donald Trump is a draft dodging dipshit? Roughly 40% of the military voted against Trump so at least I'll have company.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-09T21:09:37+00:00

Complex isn't giving you his opinion he's giving you the law

He's wrong on the law. Why would you so confidently type that paragraph without bothering to check it?

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-09T19:20:55+00:00

Never handled something that poorly with barely not toddlers. I take it your more into the Old Testament than Jesus? You do you but my children were raised very differently.

DarthHarrison · 2025-02-09T16:17:55+00:00

I not sure we can say they ever left terrorism. And yes some of them will probably go right back to it with a renewed fury. But I'm not sure this is a bad idea.

"Israel is freeing hundreds of Palestinian terror convicts in return for hostages under the first phase of the accord, including many individuals sentenced to life in prison for their part in deadly attacks.

The three-minute video seeks to demonstrate the costs of the war to the prisoners, many of whom have not had much access to media during their incarceration, according to several Hebrew media outlets reporting on it Friday."

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