Beards improve combat effectivness

[Flying Pig]

Pretty hard to do when you're white and they're all black, though.

Actually, between half and four-fifths (depending on the time) of the Scouts were black, which included the first black officers in the Rhodesian Army.

 

[Borachio]

And has anyone got a nice picture of a mutton-chop? Complete with rosy cheeks, if pos, please.

 

[Ayn Rand]

For your viewing pleasure, sir

Spoiler :

 

[Borachio]

Pleeeese no. Not for me, thanks. The earlier one was a major shock.

edit: I'm going to be very wary of any word which includes "bear" in it, from now on.


Suit you, sir.

 

[amadeus]

Actually, between half and four-fifths (depending on the time) of the Scouts were black, which included the first black officers in the Rhodesian Army.

Shhh! People aren't supposed to know that!

 

[Disgustipated]

I'm sure it has already been mentioned that beards interfere with gas mask effectiveness. It's why we were told we couldn't grow them in the Navy (even out to sea).

 

[Borachio]

Doesn't a sea water saturated beard drag you under?

 

[Flying Pig]

I'm sure it has already been mentioned that beards interfere with gas mask effectiveness. It's why we were told we couldn't grow them in the Navy (even out to sea).

Yup - you can't form an effective seal - but the real reason, in my opinion, is that keeping your face clean both serves to mark you out - even now I can spot a soldier from sixty paces, and one of the give-away features is the very clean shaving - and demands a certain level of discipline. The same discipline that allows you to shave every morning, even when you're so hungover you can barely walk straight, will also serve you well in the field when you have to sort your rifle out, sort your feet out, sort your kit out, get some food on, and then crash in your sleeping bag.

 

[Borachio]

Yeah. Hobos Drool.