Time of the day to shave

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Time of the day to shave

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I'm serving in the Army National Guard. I've always been told to shave in the mirning but today I looked up server hygiene regulations and none of them specify a time of day that males have to shave. Just to do it everyday. Anyone else know if a time is set in stone?
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Welcome to SMF and thank you, on this Memorial Day especially, for your service to our country.

Sorry I can't offer you any insight into National Guard regulations, but I'm glad you have joined us.

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Trying to think back . . . I'd suggest you might ask your unit/squad/platoon, etc. leader if the timing is mandatory. Obviously, you won't make it an issue, considering your circumstances. :) Hey, Welcome to SMF. If you get time, post and let us know the outcome.
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Welcome aboard Dunn. The Regs don't specify time of day but morning before you see anyone is best. Has to do with soldierly appearance, respect for the uniform, that sort of thing.
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Squire wrote:Welcome aboard Dunn. The Regs don't specify time of day but morning before you see anyone is best. Has to do with soldierly appearance, respect for the uniform, that sort of thing.
And not wanting to be on punishment detail. :mrgreen: Our training sergeant would drag the back of his index finger up the side of our faces at morning parade to see if you'd shaved that morning. He had a very sensitive finger and could pick off those who hadn't shaved with no problem. I don't recall seeing anything in Queen's Regulations specifying when one had to shave, but I was not about to point this out to Staff Sergeant Clark as he marched me off to punishment detail. I learned my lesson very well when I told him a rifle had a foreskin instead of foresight. [-X
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Rufus wrote:
Squire wrote:Welcome aboard Dunn. The Regs don't specify time of day but morning before you see anyone is best. Has to do with soldierly appearance, respect for the uniform, that sort of thing.
And not wanting to be on punishment detail. :mrgreen: Our training sergeant would drag the back of his index finger up the side of our faces at morning parade to see if you'd shaved that morning. He had a very sensitive finger and could pick off those who hadn't shaved with no problem. I don't recall seeing anything in Queen's Regulations specifying when one had to shave, but I was not about to point this out to Staff Sergeant Clark as he marched me off to punishment detail. I learned my lesson very well when I told him a rifle had a foreskin instead of foresight. [-X
That was truly a Freudian slip! 8)

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We were taught, "this is my rifle, this is my gun, one is for war, the other for fun".
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Squire wrote:We were taught, "this is my rifle, this is my gun, one is for war, the other for fun".
We were taught the same thing. Perhaps my confusion over this caused my slip of tongue over the rifle's foresight. :mrgreen:
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Rufus wrote:
Squire wrote:Welcome aboard Dunn. The Regs don't specify time of day but morning before you see anyone is best. Has to do with soldierly appearance, respect for the uniform, that sort of thing.
And not wanting to be on punishment detail. :mrgreen: Our training sergeant would drag the back of his index finger up the side of our faces at morning parade to see if you'd shaved that morning. He had a very sensitive finger and could pick off those who hadn't shaved with no problem. I don't recall seeing anything in Queen's Regulations specifying when one had to shave, but I was not about to point this out to Staff Sergeant Clark as he marched me off to punishment detail. I learned my lesson very well when I told him a rifle had a foreskin instead of foresight. [-X
Quite difficult, or at least dangerous, to line up the rear sight with the foreskin, I'd imagine!
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Quite true Mike but odd things occur when the targets are armed and shooting back.
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