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Navy orders commands to submit monthly facial hair waiver accountability reports

The Navy has instructed commands that issue sailors shaving waivers to produce facial hair accountability reports "by the 15th of each month."

By Claire Barrett

5 weeks ago

Sailors with ‘unmanageable permanent’ razor bumps to face separation, Navy says

Service members with a diagnosed skin condition or with skin irritation from shaving are eligible to receive medical treatment during a 12-month span.

2 months ago

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

4 years ago

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

4 years ago

How the Navy’s beard policy discriminates against Black sailors

Some Black sailors say the Navy's shaving policies discriminate against them due to a skin condition over which which they have no control.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Are you a Black sailor afflicted with razor bumps? We’d like to hear from you

Pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, afflicts roughly 60 percent of Black men.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago