Facial Hair Petition Gains Momentum After SMA Tells Force 'You Will Not Have a Beard'
29 Jan 2021
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
Within two days of the Army's rollout of new hair and grooming standards primarily for female soldiers, a petition calling for the service to allow male soldiers to grow beards has gotten more than 55,000 signatures.
"With all of the progressive change in the US Army's policy on uniform wear and appearance it is only right soldiers should be able to grow beards in a garrison environment," according to a petition on Change.org.
The issue came up Tuesday during an Army Facebook Live event to explain the new hair and grooming standards, which allow female soldiers to wear ponytails, buzz cuts and earrings with the Army Combat Uniform.
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