Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation

[Coldwater]

I was in the US Air Force and as an African American we were taken aside in Basic training and were shown the proper technique for shaving.

I couldn't even imagine what it would be like (especially with a spotless record) to suddenly be discharged over something as simple as a diagnosis of pseudofolliculitis barbae.




Link:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/09/15/troops-with-medical-shaving-waivers-to-face-separation-hegseth-says/

[Coldwater]

1. This is why

[marble falls]

2. All the Navy gave us (white and black) was a little bottle of Aqua Velva. Then Zumwalt allowed us to have beards ...

... problem solved. Until the next CNO who was a ball breaker.

[Walleye]

3. There's not gonna be any soldiers left. Just ICE thugs.

[Coldwater]

5. Sadly

I ran into a lot of people who fit the bill, the perfect ICE Agents without a conscience

[underpants]

4. It was hard to get a shaving profile in my unit.

Hell it was next to impossible to go to sick call.

I saw a couple guys who must’ve had a shaving profile but not many. This sucks.

[riversedge]

6. 'About 60% of Black men are affected by the condition, according to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.'

About 60% of Black men are affected by the condition, according to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.

[Hekate]

7. No gays, no trans, no women, no Black men. Who does that leave marching off to get blown to bits? Or coming home...

…with PTSD? Or, more optimistically, coming home with tech skills and stuff?

Lethality! War fighters!
Sheer, unadulterated idiocy. Thank you, Whiskey Pete.

[Zackzzzz]

8. When I worked at a bank

I could never understand why I had to wear a skirt.
The office was cold and drafty.
Women have had to follow the rules or be fired.
They threatened to fire my friend over her hair cut, too short.

BUT, These guys have a very serious condition.
My son got a very serious condition from this
kind of infection.

Crazy rules.....

[progressoid]

9. Goddam that looks painful.

[intheflow]

10. Yes, the ultimate test of a man's competence in battle is to be clean shaven.

[Solly Mack]

11. ...

[LeftInTX]

12. I used to have that and I'm a white female who used to have lots of black curly facial hair.

Old age has improved it. Also my hairs aren't as course as they were and I eventually got used to waxing so that it didn't cause breakouts. Prior to that I used to "shave" and it was ugly. I would constantly tweeze out ingrown hairs.

My sons don't shave. They trim their beards. Shaving makes them break out.