Marine recruit arrives at boot camp with glorious mop top

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Marine recruit arrives at boot camp with glorious mop top
Abraham Lopez had a lot of hair that needed to be shorn when he arrived at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 26, 2024 2:09 PM EDT
 

New U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Abraham Lopez with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, receives a brief as part of a receiving event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, July 15, 2024. During the receiving process, recruits are checked for contraband, given a haircut, make a scripted phone call home, and issued their gear required for training. Lopez was recruited out of Recruiting Station Lake County, Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel)
New U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Abraham Lopez at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, July 15, 2024. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel.  Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel
When Abraham Lopez showed up for boot camp on July 15, the sprawling crop of lettuce atop his head was so big that his hair obscured most of his face, according to a picture posted online by Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.


But, as the series of pictures of Lopez chronicle, his volcanic eruption of a mane was no obstacle for the barbers at the recruit depot, who are combat seasoned in the war against flowing locks. But all male Marine recruits have their head shaved at the start of boot camp and Lopez was quickly shorn, as his once bountiful strands fell victim to the clippers of freedom.

Lopez is not the first person to begin his Marine Corps career by losing legendary hair. In 2018, the Marines posted a picture of another recruit at San Diego who sported a glorious mullet along with the caption, “Business in the Front, Party in the Back.”

When the Marine, whom Task & Purpose has dubbed “Pvt. Mullet,” graduated from recruit training, his uncle said that his drill instructors had not treated him any worse than his fellow recruits.


https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-recruit-haircut/

[Kamaji]

Meh, it grows back.

[MeganC]

Meh, it grows back.

Not until he gets a DD-214 it doesn't. 

[Bigun]

Not until he gets a DD-214 it doesn't. 

 

[Kamaji]

Not until he gets a DD-214 it doesn't. 

I didn't specify how long he'd have to wait!  At worst he just has to wait until he musters out.  Unless he gets male pattern baldness or alopecia, he'll be able to grow it back out.

[LMAO]

I have an issue that can either be viewed as a curse or a blessing

I have extremely thick hair that’s course and when it grows out, it grows up for a while before it lays back. After basic training, I just wore a high and tight for the rest of my term.

But I let my hair grow out long like this kid did before going to basic. My last haircut I got was in August 1983 for my High School  graduation picture and July 16, 1984 is when I got my military haircut. Not one scissors touched it between that time. And there were a few of us guys who let our hair grow out in our senior year, knowing that it was going to get shaved

Those military barber  guys have seen all types of hair and cut them equally without challenge. I saw some pretty wild hairstyles when  I arrived at my basic training reception station before the barbers got a hold of them.

All men are created equal after everybody goes through their basic training haircut