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Navyftw93
10-10-2014, 09:00 AM
Should i shave the night before i ship? Or wait until they have us shave at boot?
BloodyPheonix
10-10-2014, 09:14 AM
You don't get a lot of time to shave the first night so I would shave at the latest opportunity before you ship so there isn't much time for stubble growth.
Navyftw93
10-10-2014, 11:30 AM
Ok thank you very much!
Devereux
10-14-2014, 11:01 PM
Yeah, I'd shave the night prior. Just so you're going in clean shaved. The first 48 hours I don't believe we even got time to shave... not until the first morning you wake up.
JSlattery
10-19-2014, 10:58 AM
Two questions I thought of from this.

1) What kind of razors will they let us use? Like is it the disposable stuff or when they take us to the NEX can we get better ones?

2) Sadly, I'm one of the guys that has crap skin so when I shave, I break out horribly. When we do go to the NEX will they let us get and use Shaving Cream?
jzhaun
10-19-2014, 11:55 AM
The razors were the kind that had disposable heads with like 4 blades when I went through. Everyone was issued shaving cream too. As females we didn't really use it except for a couple people who used it on their boots.
Haasino
10-19-2014, 12:21 PM
When I went through in 2012, the razors were Gillette Mach 3's. The shaving cream was also a decent name-brand type. Whether or not you can buy different brand cream at the NEX is ultimately going to depend on your RDCs... but there's nothing specifically prohibiting it.
JSlattery
10-19-2014, 12:35 PM
That's not bad.

I did forget to proof read my statement. I really meant about like an after shave cream/lotion. Are we able to get some of that?
Haasino
10-19-2014, 01:09 PM
It'll depend on your RDCs... there's nothing in the instructions prohibiting it.
Auridan
10-19-2014, 04:21 PM
Last year it was Mach 4 Fusion (the kind with the single blade on the back for precise work) and Edge shaving gel. I haven't heard of a Gilette 5-blade yet, so this probably hasn't changed.

Don't count on being able to get anything special. Odds are they'll just tell you to 1) suck it up, or 2) go to medical for a no-shave chit. But, as stated, it's not impossible.
BloodyPheonix
10-19-2014, 06:21 PM
What do you do with shaving cream on boots?
Auridan
10-19-2014, 06:38 PM
Some say it's a good way to strip polish off them. My RDCs had a fit when they heard, and promised a swift death to anyone who did so.
BloodyPheonix
10-19-2014, 11:07 PM
Oh totally not what I was expecting. I thought it was like some crazy alternative to regular polishing.