Woke warpaint! Marines approve two-tone NAIL POLISH for troops and longer hair in push to 'positively impact diversity, equity, and inclusion""Daily Mail/UK, Mar 24, 2022
The US Marine Corps will allow service members to wear longer hair, two-tone nail polish and black socks with their combat utility uniform as part of a push for more 'diversity' and 'inclusion.'
The military branch unveiled the changes on Wednesday, after they were approved by a Marine Corps uniform board last month.
As part of the update, Marines will be permitted to grow the 'bulk of their hair' up to three inches - an increase from the current two inches - meaning that they could have thicker hair.
For female Marines, the Corps has green-lit the use of ombre, a faded manicure, while in utility uniform. Previously, Marines were only authorized to wear clear or 'nude' varnish that matches their skin tone and covers the entire nail, reported Marine Times.
First Lt. Phillip Parker, a spokesman for Marine Corps Training and Education Command, stated that the goal of these changes is to 'positively impact diversity, equity, and inclusion.'
Some critics on Twitter were quick to seize on the nail polish rules, slamming them as 'woke.'
'Ridiculous... you get included in the Corps; culture not the other way around,' one user fumed. 'The corps isn't woke, they're warriors.'
Another opined in the same vein: 'I miss the USMC that was NOT woke when I was in. It is very disheartening to see woke bulls*** impacting the USMC. If you don't like the culture, don't join. fighting and winning wars is the purpose, not social experiments.'
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