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New in 2023: Results of the Navy’s latest beard study coming in 2023
SECNAV mandated a renewed assessment of the beard question earlier in 2022.
Air Force may temporarily allow beards, in the name of research
The idea would let participating airmen sport well-kept beards no longer than one-quarter inch.
It’s time for the Navy to allow sailors on shore duty to have short, trimmed beards
In this commentary, the author writes that the Navy's recent change to grooming standards for those who suffer from pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, is a positive step, but it does not go far enough.
By John Cordle