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| Navy OKs Ponytails, Locks and Other Hairstyles for Female Sailors |
| 2018-07-15 |
| [Mil.com] Female sailors can soon sport several new hairstyles including locks, ponytails and options that fall below the collar in certain uniforms, according to new approved regulations announced Tuesday. Lock, or loc, hairstyles and buns that span the width of the back of a female sailor's head will now be authorized for women in all uniforms. Ponytails will be OK in service, working or physical-training uniforms -- provided there's no operational safety concern. And hairstyles that hit beneath shirt, dress or jacket collars will be approved in dinner-dress uniforms. The changes were approved by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Bob Burke, and announced by six members of a working group during a Navy Facebook Live event. Richardson credited the working group, which took feedback from the fleet, with coming up with and presenting the new grooming recommendations. "We just demonstrated that a recommendation can make things happen, so I want to hear from you," he said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Construction safety people would be gobsmacked. I saw a safety video where somebody was pulled into a roller press. To the waist. I s'pose it was quick. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-07-15 17:34 |
| #8 tw, the obvious solution then is to not allow female sailors anywhere near dangerous machinery. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-07-15 14:51 |
| #7 I assume this also covers those who "identify" as female sailors? |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Ulaise3834 2018-07-15 14:31 |
| #6 short is good around ...moving machinery. I very, very strongly agree. One of my bosses told the story of almost getting her head crushed by a paper roller thingie (I worked on toothpaste once upon a time; the equipment used to make toilet paper is a deep mystery to me) when her waist-long ponytail got caught as she walked through a pilot plant. Fortunately the technician heard her screams and turned off the machine with inches to spare. She had him fetch a pair of scissors, and cut her hair to the nape of her neck before she stepped away from the machine. In a similar vein, Mr. Wife refused to wear a wedding ring until his job no longer took him into factories. As a youth he’d noticed that too many friends of his steelworker father had only nine fingers, and learnt it was because their wedding rings caught on equipment, tearing off the finger at its root. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-15 13:48 |
| #5 Gah...PIMF ^Every experienced mechanic that I knew... The dumb kid shaved his hair short after he lost a lock of hair and the skin it was attached to one fine morning. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-15 13:16 |
| #4 What #2) Frank G said... Every experienced that I knew mechanic had their hair *SHORT*. This isn't the Age of Sail people -- short is good around airmasks, flash fires and moving machinery. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-15 13:14 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-07-15 13:10 |
| #2 Cool, til your hair and scalp are removed by turning equipment |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-15 13:08 |
| #1 "Other Hairstyles".... no foto required here. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-15 12:35 |