I have a general idea of when it was incorporated and why it is used in the military but I would like to see an official document that would state this. I have looked at many websites and military dress code manuals but could not find it. Maybe some of you military historians can answer this.
|||Not certain when it became a Military hair cut but believe it was during the 1ST world war as it made it easier to treat head lice and it was also part of the every man is treated no different than another and also for disciplinary reasons.|||the military used it to get less licec problems and also so the enemy cant pop out grab ur hair and cut ur throught
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|||I have 32 years in the Army as a field grade officer. My strong understanding is that beards were "outlawed" just prior to WWI for a very good reason: this was the advent of the use of mustard gas, etc and ALL Soldiers were required to carry "gasmasks" with them. With a beard, not possible to use.
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|||I don't know when it was instated, but it's used to get the recuit to submit.
If a recruit can't submit to authority over something as trivial as a haircut, how can they be trusted with a weapon? (That's a rough quote from "On Combat" By Col. dave Grossman)
|||There is no such thing as military haircuts, just regulations. They shave your head in bootcamp to create uniformity and to follow regulations. |||I was once told because if at war, the enemy would not be able to grab your hair, or some **** like that|||The very first day that the first enlisted soldier was given the rank of "Sergeant"..............
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