Comments by "Orbital_Inclination" (@Orbital_Inclination) on "To beard or not to beard? The Army's big question | Sitrep podcast" video.

  1. Shave it if required, simple. Otherwise, for the rest of the year when they're not doing CS drills, crack on.
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  2. Bit rich from the USAF, given the awful upper lip hair grown by many members of their fighter squadrons, to complain about beards looking bad.
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  3. If a good seal is required, rules can be tightened. RAF pilots in aircraft with oxygen masks aren't allowed beards for that reason, but that's no justification for banning everyone else from having one. The same applies to a respirator. If the CBRN threat rises, get rid of the beard, otherwise it's fine.
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  4. ​ @jameskellard5075 growing a beard isn't lowering any standard 😂
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  5.  @jameskellard5075  no it isn't. Removing unnecessary rules isn't the same as standards. They can still be ordered to shave if the situation or role requires it for practical purposes. How does it make anyone less capable or effective at their job?
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  6. Facial hair can be shaved when a need arises. This is already the case in the RAF, where aircrew who need to use oxygen masks are not allowed a beard. It doesn't stop anyone else from having them.
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  7. Trimmed and maintained beards don't lower any standards 😂
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  8.  @jameskellard5075  you talked about the services maintaining a higher standard. I pointed out that allowing facial hair doesn't lower standards. Sorry if you struggled to see the link.
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  9. Why the arbitrary distinction? It seems, well, arbitrary.
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  10. Take your bigotry back to GB News
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  11. ​ @mikewinston8709 name a major religion that hasn't been used as a justification for violence
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