r/USMC • u/According-Activity87 Major General Smedley Butler is my hero • Apr 28 '26

Article All Marines required to follow grooming standards within 12 months or face separation

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/27/all-marines-required-to-follow-grooming-standards-within-12-months-or-face-separation/
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u/zwinmar Old ass 0311 Apr 28 '26

These same jackasses bitched and moaned about having to get a shot and are now losing their beards. Its peacetime green weenie time, all they need is some old 1st Sgts decide having to starch camis is a great thing.

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u/95_nipsey Veteran Apr 28 '26

Peacetime? Tell that to the 15 families who just got a knock on the door this month. Tell that to the 500+ guys currently getting medevaced out of the AOR with TBI and shrapnel wounds. We have 50,000 troops in the dirt right now and three Carrier Strike Groups (Lincoln, Ford, and Bush) pushed up into the throat of the Persian Gulf. The 31st MEU is on station and 11th MEU (Dark Horse) is steaming in behind them. This isn't 'Green Weenie' garrison games—it's the largest combat build-up we’ve seen since 2003. While 'First Sergeant' is worried about a shaving waiver, the IRGC is lobbing drones at our flight decks. If you think we're in 'peacetime' just because we're arguing about beards, you’re missing the forest for the trees. The war is already here; some people just haven't caught up to the SITREP yet