2013 bootcamp hair regulations

[Mparker181]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

YES! The navy is the ONLY branch of the military that requires females to cut their hair...

but i've been hearing more and more chatter that its changing

[Soccer_cat]

Graduated in August. Still cutting hair. You get a few haircuts in bc if it starts touching collar. I cut mine short before I went. Don't be the girl who cries after they chop your hair. Cut it before and donate it.

[shannoneliz]

That rumor has been going around since before I went to boot camp. Just expect that your hair's gonna get cut.

[Temen]

I'm a guy, so maybe my view is bias.

The way I see it is that you are going into basic training for the military. You are no different from the rest of the recruits. Everyone is going to get their hair cut. No one is going to look their best. If you are worried about how you look during basic training, YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES WRONG. There's more important things to be using your precious few minutes of free time on. Your hair will grow back and you can worry about your appearance once you graduate and make it to your A-School. Everyone has gone through what you will go through.

[Mparker181]

Originally Posted by Temen

I'm a guy, so maybe my view is bias.

The way I see it is that you are going into basic training for the military. You are no different from the rest of the recruits. Everyone is going to get their hair cut. No one is going to look their best. If you are worried about how you look during basic training, YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES WRONG. There's more important things to be using your precious few minutes of free time on. Your hair will grow back and you can worry about your appearance once you graduate and make it to your A-School. Everyone has gone through what you will go through.

Um excuse me, if I joined the military my priorities aren't wrong. It was a honest question. My hair is already short by the way so before you go on a rant think about what you;re saying. Second, the Navy is the only branch you have to cut your hair for, and since this rumor has been going on for months if not years, again I WAS CURIOUS.

[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.