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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Believe it or not, you pay for that haircut at basic training/boot camp and every other haircut you receive in the military. Perhaps the short haircuts in wartime Japan were for ease of wearing gas masks.

Naw! Not buying that. Women didn't have buzzcuts but I think gass masks would fit them. BTW, contrary to myth, a gas mask should seal even on a bearded face. I use a dive mask with no problem and I have a full beard.

7 posted on 08/05/2018 1:10:32 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The FBI recommends you do your fishing with an OCONUS lure)
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To: PJ-Comix

It is true at least when I was in 1970. Primarily for cleanliness and also for conformity.


35 posted on 08/05/2018 1:43:53 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: PJ-Comix

“contrary to myth, a gas mask should seal even on a bearded face. I use a dive mask with no problem and I have a full beard. “

hmmmm. Do you never get water in your mask?


43 posted on 08/05/2018 2:02:21 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: PJ-Comix

Do you put your mask onder threat of immediate death? Speed matters.


72 posted on 08/05/2018 8:16:36 PM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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