Royal Australian Navy question

[MasterBates]

I got to this in three days, beard wise.

Then again, this is the longest I've gone without a shave or haircut in 12 years.

I'll allow beards when I am CNO of the IRR.

 

[scoolbubba]

nice mugshot.

 

[phrogdriver]

You know that's the shot they're leading the news with when you finally go postal, right?

 

[sodajones]

I'd kill for a beard on active duty. Enjoying mine while I can still have it.

 

[jcj]

Beards were allowed for enlisted after basic training when I went in as an "E" in 1977. I saw a few of them on enlisted and officers in the early 80's. I never had one - probably couldn't grow one & spent almost all my time with Marines (I was a corpsman) - so I don't know when they went away.

 

[blackbart22]

Beards were allowed when Zumwalt was CNO. A lot of the chiefs didn't like it and were holding liberty cards until the ID card picture matched the current face. Z heard about it somehow and sent out a Z-Gram saying "When I said the troops may wear beards, I meant the troops may wear beards."

 

[CommodoreMid]

Wouldn't the solution then be to get an ID picture while sporting a beard?

 

[C420sailor]

Wouldn't the solution then be to get an ID picture while sporting a beard?

Come on, we all know you've been to the clusterfuck that is PSD...

 

[Jim123]

Come on, we all know you've been to the clusterfuck that is PSD...

Could just use a sharpie marker instead... poor man's photoshop... (I need a bearded smiley face emoticon to put right here)

 

[KBayDog]

Could just use a sharpie marker instead... poor man's photoshop... (I need a bearded smiley face emoticon to put right here)

Leave your ID in the TIMS computer again, and I'll consider this an order.

 

[Jim123]

Leave your ID in the TIMS computer again, and I'll consider this an order.

(checks for ID card, breathes sigh of relief)