On 2008-09-10, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2008-09-09, Harold and Susan Vordos wrote:

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My worst time, ever, was while in the National Guard, at camp. I was
required to shave daily, as you might imagine. By the end of two weeks
worth of shaving, my face was a mess.

IIRC, some twenty or thirty years ago, the Army started making
exceptions for those with this problem.


Not while I was in. During Basic training in the '70s I had to shave
five times a day to satisfy one of the DIs. I would still have fresh
blood on my face, and the ignorant ******* would claim that I hadn't
shaved. I have plenty of scars on my face from those days.

The problem was more common among the blacks who were enlisting
when I was at Ft. Belvoir as a civilian employee in an R&D lab. I
think that since it was so common, it could be considered racially based
harassment, so they had to start making exceptions.

He was fresh out of DI school, and didn't have a hair on his face.

Of course he didn't. :-)

Not sure whether the exceptions came after basic training was
over, or whether they applied even during basic.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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