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07-20-10, 10:50 AM #91
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07-24-10, 03:26 PM #92
I hope you don't ever seriously expect some old dog in the Corps to come to the same understanding. I agree that white shirts are perfect for those disgusting Jacksonville days, but I'm certainly never surprised when someone gets butt-hurt about it...although I have a healthy stock of white T's with at least a little lettering/detail on it. I think my only white T's I wear solo are those $20 DryFit (or whatever they are called) from Nike...which are awesome by the way (although they do suck when you are PT'ing in them and want to wipe some sweat off your face as they are a little rough).
..anyway, also don't expect Marine Corps rationalization to accept that some shirts just aren't meant to be tucked in, and that they look less professional tucked in b/c they blouse out all weird or whatever.
I love the rationalization that states a guy in his no-**** go fasters, oversized Jnco jeans, MCMAP belt, tucked in black button up faux-silk collard shirt with dragon and fire silkscreen print on it, eccentric screaming high and tight and freaking full-on Wiley X shooting goggles complete with retention strap looks more professional than a guy with $60 leather sandals, nice khaki or cargo shorts, untucked well-fitting polo shirt, non-ecentric medium or low fade, and normal-ish sunglasses (the aviators are in these days, right? Or M-frames or normal Wiley-Xs or whatever).
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07-25-10, 05:18 PM #93
I used to buy expensive sunglasses until I added up how much i'd blown on losing or crushing them. Now I just get cheapo $20 foster grants from the grocery store so I can have two or three sitting on standby in my luggage if....strike that, when I lose and/or crush one
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07-25-10, 05:27 PM #94
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07-27-10, 01:25 AM #95
Ever since MCT I've always gotten just a decent medium low fade. Keeps the Staff-N-Brass out of my ass, and keeps me from looking like a fool. I think a high and tight just plain looks ridiculous and unnecessary. I don't see it as motarded, just unattractive and uncomfortable(I don't like stubble hair on the sides of my head, just preference) I blouse my boots low, roll my sleeves to somewhere between tourniquet and gunny roll, and basically do enough to keep a Gunny from getting 5 feet into my ass and beyond about uniform regs. I keep a normal, sensible Marine Corps appearance. Miraculously, I always get asked what I do. Either people are just entertaining me, but I've been in a group with say 2 of my friends and someone will say "You two are Marines, what about you?"
Never really under stood it. Usually its in some highly military area infested with boots, and I've always rocked the khaki cargos with a button up or polo, graphic T if its balls hot out.
I think the regs are just up to personal discretion. Obviously if your COMMAND gets into your ass, fix it, but if some recockulous higher up sees you and thinks your ****ed up, brush it off. I do what makes the people who do my pro's and con's happy, not someone I don't work for. It's great they wanna take the initiative to give me their input on how they think I should look, but really I don't give a ****, I'll do what I've been doing until MY SNCOIC or OIC has something to say about it.
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07-28-10, 09:06 PM #96
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07-28-10, 10:02 PM #97
This thread is funny
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08-11-10, 10:24 PM #98
Why don't people just shave their heads? Its fairly common, wheres the whole 0 to 3 fade is not.
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08-11-10, 10:26 PM #99
I both shaved my head and had a low fade in high school, and neither because of military influence...shaved my head for utilitarian purposes (sports), then got a low fade because my mom made me as she didn't want me having a shaved head for senior pictures, lol.
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08-11-10, 10:55 PM #100
because a shaved head looks ridiculous on most people
I like having hair.
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08-11-10, 11:21 PM #101
Yeah, it really does...used to be eccentric too.
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