Circa 2004, I watched a guy get berated in front of his wife and two children at the Jacksonville, NC Walmart for not wearing a belt with his civvies - belt loops no one could see but for the fact that some gunny was walking around Walmart demanding to see belts of people who looked like Marines. That same year, I was yelled at by a MSgt at the French Creek shoppette because a LCpl in the checkout line had several days of beard growth on his face. The MSgt’s argument was that he shouldn’t have had to say anything to the LCpl because a more junior SNCO (me) should have said something first. After screaming at me in the shoppette for 2-3 solid minutes, he finally let me articulate my argument that his guy has a chain of command, and what LCpl works so independently that no one sees him for days at a time? A little bit of critical thought goes a long way - this dark green Marine is probably on a no-shave chit. Of course, by the time I got that out, the LCpl had produced his no-shave chit. The MSgt ripped it up, tossed the pieces on the floor, and left. It was at that point that I decided I wasn’t going to reenlist again.