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In birthday message to Marines, top general emphasizes ‘high standards’
The new commandant urged Marines to keep their high standards sacred and their “honor clean.”
Lawmakers push Army to create separate fitness standard for combat specialties
The new standard would be above and beyond what the Army already evaluates in its current fitness test.
The Army’s search for gender-neutral fitness standards continues
The Expert Soldier Badge is one gender-neutral way the Army can measure combat readiness.
Navy’s top enlisted sailor denies telling George Washington crew to ‘lower your standards’
Despite no public proof that Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith ever uttered such an edict, "lower your standards" has become an online rallying cry in recent weeks for those disillusioned with Navy life.
It’s time for the Navy to allow sailors on shore duty to have short, trimmed beards
In this commentary, the author writes that the Navy's recent change to grooming standards for those who suffer from pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, is a positive step, but it does not go far enough.
By John Cordle
How the Navy’s beard policy discriminates against Black sailors
Some Black sailors say the Navy's shaving policies discriminate against them due to a skin condition over which which they have no control.
DoD has no clue how many people it’s exposed to toxic chemicals
The report also found that DoD focused most of its efforts on the chemicals found in aqueous film-forming foam, the bubbly stuff used to quell aircraft and vehicle fires, rather than other potential exposures from military service.
Curlier, thicker ponytails and braids to be allowed under latest Air Force grooming regs
Air Force and Space Force hair standards will evolve again to allow wider ponytails and braids.
Navy’s diversity effort will review grooming policies, selection boards and other areas
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker announced the new initiatives in a memo this month.
Air Force hair standards and the invisible labor changing institutions
Let's recognize the work undertaken by the Air Force Women's Initiative Team that led to the recent policy change for hair standards for women, says the author of this commentary.
By Maj. Kelly Atkinson
Navy bans ‘faddish,’ ‘eccentric’ and other subjective terms from grooming regs
Terms that could easily be misinterpreted, like "faddish" and "good taste," will be removed from grooming and appearance policies.
By Diana Stancy