{"id":165441,"date":"2025-01-17T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=165441"},"modified":"2025-01-16T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:10:30","slug":"no-beards-for-marines-outside-of-medical-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=165441","title":{"rendered":"No beards for Marines outside of medical waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Eric Smith, declared that there would be no beards for Marines outside of medical waivers. Smith argued that Marines have a standard and a brand. There is a medical waiver for pseudofolliculitis barbae. Without the conditions needed for the medical waiver, Marines won’t be able to obtain a waiver simply for fashion purposes.<\/p>\n

From Task & Purpose<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When asked on Wednesday if he could foresee any circumstances in the coming years under which Marines would be allowed to grow beards, Smith replied with a definitive “No.”<\/p>\n

“Because we’re Marines and we’re different,” Smith told reporters at a Defense Writers Group event, which is based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.<\/p>\n

“The Marine Corps has a brand, and we’re making our recruiting mission,” Smith continued. “We’ve always made our recruiting mission, and what we don’t want to do is tinker with the ethos of the Marine Corps — you joined us, we didn’t join you. You knew that coming in. You signed up. We don’t have beards, and you knew that coming in.”<\/p>\n

The Corps currently has a waiver process for Marines with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a painful condition known as “razor bumps” in which facial hair curves back into the skin, causing inflammation. The condition, which is exacerbated by shaving, is a common problem in up to 60% of Black men, according to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.<\/p>\n

“That’s a medical waiver, not a fashion waiver,” Smith told reporters at a Defense Writers Group breakfast “It’s not a ‘well, I decided I wanted to;’ it’s a medical waiver that’s for pseudofolliculitis barbae.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schogol, J. (2025, January 15). Top Marine general rules out beards ‘because we’re Marines and we’re different’. Task & Purpose<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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