The Special Ops community are being told to shave the beards and ditch the khaki ballcaps with skull and crossbone patches.
Beards in a Muslim society help them blend in with the rest of the population. I wonder which politician in ACU camo came up with this rule.
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Playground jealousy, most likely. "How come THEY can and I can't" whining.
ReplyDeleteOr someone's expecting widespread gas attacks, one of the two. (The official reason the USN requires their personell to be clean-shaven).