2013 bootcamp hair regulations

[sweetmtn]

That is the problem with RUMORS...they cause a lot of unneeded worry and concern. That rumor has been going on since before my son went in MANY years ago! Rumors start mostly for WISHFUL thinking! IF and I do mean IF it ever changes..it will be in the regulations and announced by the very top officials in the Navy. Basically females joining the Navy should not care one way or the other if their hair is cut or not..if that is a problem, then join another branch that doesnt cut your hair..like the Army. Oh and i was wrong above...the Marines also cut females hair off..
REMEMBER THIS...on this site we do NOT sugar coat ANYTHING! You ask a question you will be told the truth, and many times many wont like what you hear!

[LT Guppy]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

That is the problem with RUMORS...they cause a lot of unneeded worry and concern. That rumor has been going on since before my son went in MANY years ago! Rumors start mostly for WISHFUL thinking! IF and I do mean IF it ever changes..it will be in the regulations and announced by the very top officials in the Navy. Basically females joining the Navy should not care one way or the other if their hair is cut or not..if that is a problem, then join another branch that doesnt cut your hair..like the Army. Oh and i was wrong above...the Marines also cut females hair off..
REMEMBER THIS...on this site we do NOT sugar coat ANYTHING! You ask a question you will be told the truth, and many times many wont like what you hear!

I'll disagree with this.
I'm female. I'm in the navy. And I absolutely hated that they made me cut 18 inches off my hair.
And I hated it every day for the months it took me to grow it out long enough to put in a nice bun.
And I hate that it still isn't long enough yet to do my preferred hair styles.

For better or worse, hair is a big identifying feature for a lot of females. So, yes, the navy makes you cut your hair, and if you want to join, that's something you have to deal with. But that doesn't mean you have to be happy about it.

[llamayamaa]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

That is the problem with RUMORS...they cause a lot of unneeded worry and concern. That rumor has been going on since before my son went in MANY years ago! Rumors start mostly for WISHFUL thinking! IF and I do mean IF it ever changes..it will be in the regulations and announced by the very top officials in the Navy. Basically females joining the Navy should not care one way or the other if their hair is cut or not..if that is a problem, then join another branch that doesnt cut your hair..like the Army. Oh and i was wrong above...the Marines also cut females hair off..
REMEMBER THIS...on this site we do NOT sugar coat ANYTHING! You ask a question you will be told the truth, and many times many wont like what you hear!

I think there's quite a difference between not sugar coating an answer and being judgmental in your answer. She (I'm assuming) simply asked if females still had to get their hair cut. A non-sugar coated answer would have simply been "yes." It was the judgmental responses that are upsetting. Telling someone they have their priorities wrong or that they're concerned about the wrong things when they ask a simple question like haircuts can hardly be considered "not sugar coating"--- it's just mean. Maybe they're just curious, or trying to be well informed.

Furthermore, most of the responses on this entire navydep forum are speculation and rumors- people declaring the way something operates in the military simply because that's what happened to them or someone they know. Rules and regulations are constantly changing and have exceptions, just because something happened a certain way for one person doesn't mean it's set in stone for everyone.

By all means, people want honest answers when they ask questions. But people tend to inject their own opinions and biases into their answers, which seams to be the case in this thread.

[Mparker181]

Originally Posted by llamayamaa

I think there's quite a difference between not sugar coating an answer and being judgmental in your answer. She (I'm assuming) simply asked if females still had to get their hair cut. A non-sugar coated answer would have simply been "yes." It was the judgmental responses that are upsetting. Telling someone they have their priorities wrong or that they're concerned about the wrong things when they ask a simple question like haircuts can hardly be considered "not sugar coating"--- it's just mean. Maybe they're just curious, or trying to be well informed.

Furthermore, most of the responses on this entire navydep forum are speculation and rumors- people declaring the way something operates in the military simply because that's what happened to them or someone they know. Rules and regulations are constantly changing and have exceptions, just because something happened a certain way for one person doesn't mean it's set in stone for everyone.

By all means, people want honest answers when they ask questions. But people tend to inject their own opinions and biases into their answers, which seams to be the case in this thread.

Exactly this, thank you!

[sweetmtn]

It seems I HAD to go further to answer the question...AGAIN. My first response to the question was a simple "YES! The navy is the ONLY branch of the military that requires females to cut their hair... " HOWEVER...that simple answer was questioned AGAIN. I dont know how many times or ways to say the same thing over and over again. So if you think I am getting snarky about it..it gets rather repetitive to get repeating ones self. IF and when the rules change..we will post them as soon as the navy makes it official in their rules.

[Mparker181]

The last time this thread was even brought up was in February. So things can change. Pardon me for being curious. A simple "the rules haven't changed" was all that was needed. If you don't want to give repetitive answers, don't answer repetitive questions.

[jzhaun]

While this thread has been dead since February, that question does pop up quite frequently. I've seen it at least 10 times and I haven't even been on here that long. Any thread that asks anything about hair will have it at least once as well as many of the ask the new graduates threads.

That plus the "I heard they're extending bootcamp to X number of weeks" . . . nope, the rumors persist but nothing actually changes.

[tiffanynacole]

the last time it had been asked was 8 months ago. i can understand being curious.