Posted on 07/12/2018 8:43:40 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The U.S. Navy announced new hair rules for female sailors his week, saying they can now wear dreadlocks, ponytails and styled buns while in uniform.
The Navy's announcement came in a live broadcast on its Facebook page on Tuesday with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Chief of Naval Personnel Adm. Robert Burke, The Huffington Post reported.
Richardson said the naval branch enlisted a team of six female sailors to help devise the new grooming standards, which he noted were also based on feedback from the sailors' peers.
“If you’ve got a recommendation, we just demonstrated that that recommendation can make things happen,” the admiral said in the broadcast. “If you make a good proposal and we can make it fit, we can make it happen.”
As part of the move, braids, ponytails and styled buns will be permissible for female sailors unless the hairstyle is deemed to present an occupational hazard. Female sailors will also be permitted to style their hair below the collar of their shirt.
Petty Officer 1st Class Jacqualynn Leak, who has had dreadlocks since 2014, led efforts behind the reversal.
“I wanted to make an argument so compelling that every reason my chain of command could give me for why dreadlocks were banned could easily be rebutted with facts,” she told The Huffington Post.
Previously, Leak said she wore a wig to cover her dreadlocks, which she added became harder to hide as her hair grew longer. Leak also said some female sailors with dreadlocks were forced to either cut their hair or face a punishment.
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Today we get more lowing of standards.
The Navy needs to clean ship.
This will allow them to steer ships better. /s
Women that look like women in a sub full of seamen.
What could possibly go wrong?
Do these rules apply to men?
If not why not?
but of course they don’t see it as they are doing anything to encourage it.
Too many adults in this world stuck in high school mentality.
How the dreadlock Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier
Are white people, particularly white guys, allowed to sport them?
Tell me about it.
My local fish wrap for weeks on end had nothing but high school prom and high school graduation photo galleries on its web site.
Meanwhile all the school board were discussing their upcoming budgets (FY begins July 1) and voting on tax increases.
Coverage on what matters for adults--NADA!
As a former NBC-NCO I cannot help but wonder about how will they get their gas mask to properly seal if attacked by some chemical or biological agent. They’ll be among the first casualties.
They might have to admit to being women first.
What’s wrong with ponytails? I do think dreadlocks are disgusting though.
This rapid descent into socialist chaos & tyranny (which includes the destruction of the military) is the result of allowing women to vote, drive cars, and have abortions...
GOOD!
It seems that the Obama Administration is still running the Navy.
My reaction to such news, is that I wonder why the top brass gives in. The military is not civilian life. The military has a mission, and there are reasons for standards such as hair grooming.
I guess I’m surprised, that she could run this up the chain of command; that this is open for discussion in the first place.
Indeed. Women who fancy men of sea will get their fill of seamen.
Vanity has its price.
Got to look “fly” the next time they surrender to Iranian bass boats.
For women? Isn’t that sexist?
True; so does stupidity.
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