Beards make for better Combat Effectivness.

[Gadsden]

I miss mine, but it actually made me a worse shot. My beard would get caught in collapsible stock and get ripped out on recoil. Ouch.

 

[LoginName]

There, fixed it for ya!

FIFY to the extreme!

The ultimate tacticool battle beard...

Every trooper (male and female), should be issued one.

More, here

 

[Ron Swanson]

I haven't seen my chin since 1997. Btw all beards that are longer than 1/4" are tacticool. They hold emergency rations leftover from the last meal you ate.

 

[cekim]

I miss mine, but it actually made me a worse shot. My beard would get caught in collapsible stock and get ripped out on recoil. Ouch.

Beard caught in ill-fitting AK parts is no fun either...

 

[Ron Swanson]

Beard caught in ill-fitting AK parts is no fun either...

+1 I caught mine in a AK top cover saturday. lol

 

[crazymjb]

Mike

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[PappyM3]

I believe that US soldiers were allowed beards in the sandbox for a period of time time precisely this reason.

Nope. Certain Soldiers under SOCOM have been granted permission, ie: Special Forces, Psyops, various Special Mission Units. Rangers still had to shave, exceptions being certain SMUs. All other US Soldiers have had to shave since the beginning. The exception to this is when out on long, multi day patrols, or stuck at a patrol base for extended periods with limited water resupply. In situations with limited water, a "no shave" order can be issued so that Soldiers don't have to waste drinking water on shaving. I had one of those for about a week, it was nice.

 

[el duderino]

Theyre just figuring this out? Look at sports, why do you think the bruins won last year? Beards. People with beards are more likely to survive a zombie apocalypse, zombies will often go for the face due to protective clothing but will go for non-bearded survivors first. Nobody, living or dead, wants hair in their teeth.

 

[Nectaris]

It's all good until someone yells "Gas Gas Gas!!!!"

 

[shotgunwilly870]

What do mullets do then?

 

[noddaduma]

Yeah back in the civil war era, the North really didn't start winning until Union soldier beards grew longer than those of the CSA.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Ed, z0mbi and I are good. Don't know about the rest of you, especially atilla. He shaved his. May be a fatal mistake Mark.

http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/04/pentagon-study-finds-beards-directly-proportional-to-combat-effectiveness/

<- Battle Effective.

 

[Nectaris]

Well having been single while in the Army and never being in combat I was not able to test the effectiveness of hairy palms.

 

[Jose]

Navy + beard = winning

Beards were allowed in the USN up until the late 70s.

They need to come back

 

[ChevyGuy91]

They need to come back

That would take the fun out of getting out.

 

[Jose]

That would take the fun out of getting out.

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Too true. Guess what was the first thing I did after going ashore for the last time......

 

[gearjunky13]

????

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Too true. Guess what was the first thing I did after going ashore for the last time......

If it was anything like mine, it's probably left unposted.

 

[Delta L Varmint]

I have been told by my wife that I am under no condition allowed to shave off my facial hair (haven't seen my chin since 95 or 96: I met her in 99). If I don't shave it off I'm avoiding that combat entirely

 

[Jose]

If it was anything like mine, it's probably left unposted.

No, not that.......

 

[OfficerObie59]

Call me a traditionalist, but like the black berets for tankers (the Rangers stole it from them before the Army stole them from the Rangers), beards should be reserved for Sappers.

 

[Acme.Armament]

I have been told by my wife that I am under no condition allowed to shave off my facial hair

Same here. I am verboten to shave. Of course, if anyone harms my beard they better watch out. They will have one VERY angry Nicole to deal with and Dad would be backing her up.

 

[Navy Moose]

Not planning on shaving my beard