Navy Announces End to Relaxed Grooming Standards
24 Jun 2021
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin
The Navy put an end to relaxed grooming standards this week -- another sign that the branch is moving past many of its COVID-19 measures and back to normalcy.
In March 2020, Navy leaders gave commanding officers authority to temporarily allow sailors to grow out the hair on their head. They still had to shave and keep sideburns within regulations.
However, in an administrative message that went out to the fleet Tuesday, the Navy announced that "the authority granted to commanding officers to optionally relax hair grooming standards is rescinded."
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