tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post992219285199934008..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Hair InsurgencyOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-218335785375609962014-03-20T05:24:27.955-07:002014-03-20T05:24:27.955-07:00Hhmm, your first year of college sounds much like ...Hhmm, your first year of college sounds much like mine Russ.<br /><br />Ooh, comb overs are the worst, I'd never go there. We had a TSgt at Kunsan with a wicked comb over. Once day outside his hat blew off taking his comb over "over the side" (as it were) that comb over actually reached his collar. Too bad the squadron CO was standing there to see the whole thing. After the CO stopped laughing, it was "get that sh!t cut Sarge..." No more comb over.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38070626016324903502014-03-20T05:21:41.081-07:002014-03-20T05:21:41.081-07:00Ah Tuna, you just didn't want it bad enough.
...Ah Tuna, you just didn't want it bad enough.<br /><br />(Hey, it's just hair.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82639966957735951552014-03-20T05:21:08.728-07:002014-03-20T05:21:08.728-07:00Yeah, the ladies love it. NOT!Yeah, the ladies love it. NOT!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73905405221685826022014-03-19T20:22:56.539-07:002014-03-19T20:22:56.539-07:00Had mandatory ROTC for all males at the University...Had mandatory ROTC for all males at the University of Tulsa. We weren't required to have a shaved head but still had to have it high and tight. It was only temporary because due to an "animal house" first year of college, I received the inevitable letter from the US draft board stating that I had lost my student deferment and was classed as "1A" (prime draft fodder). BTW your hair might be thin but still doesn't look too bad. At least you're not doing a comb over!!!! rkinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432551832152096206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21709898049158532032014-03-19T20:15:40.254-07:002014-03-19T20:15:40.254-07:00My dad never gave in- I've had a Navy reg hair...My dad never gave in- I've had a Navy reg haircut my entire life. Now I don't have enough hair to matter though so I keep what's left pretty short. You do look like a short-haired Poor Richard though. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31197606228663188622014-03-19T18:19:41.315-07:002014-03-19T18:19:41.315-07:00Yeah, I'm in about the same shape as you are f...Yeah, I'm in about the same shape as you are for hair... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4874235435163082382014-03-19T17:21:32.579-07:002014-03-19T17:21:32.579-07:00Norwich was the same back in the day. Now I know p...Norwich was the same back in the day. Now I know people who graduated from there and didn't have to wear a uniform at all. Sad.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7197285212270510042014-03-19T17:04:35.248-07:002014-03-19T17:04:35.248-07:00Sarge/
I should have mentioned it was mandatory f...Sarge/<br /><br />I should have mentioned it was mandatory for only the first two years, thereafter only people desiring a commission continued on. It made for some big-ass pass & review formations, tho. The cadet corps (Army & AF) was about 5,000 strong then IIRC. virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32166866872207116372014-03-19T10:17:58.804-07:002014-03-19T10:17:58.804-07:00Yup, got the shaved head look once. In Basic in &#...Yup, got the shaved head look once. In Basic in '75. Now it seems to be the hairstyle of choice for bald guys. Not me. Not now. Not ever.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87571305338126036242014-03-19T10:16:36.554-07:002014-03-19T10:16:36.554-07:00Sound advice. We had two kids in my basic flight w...Sound advice. We had two kids in my basic flight who thought it would be clever to show up with their heads shaved. Yes, they paid for that (literally AND figuratively).OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78111643521592095322014-03-19T10:15:29.156-07:002014-03-19T10:15:29.156-07:00Why thank you Ma'am. Started losing his hair a...Why thank you Ma'am. Started losing his hair at 16? Ouch!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76436474365567112532014-03-19T10:14:32.802-07:002014-03-19T10:14:32.802-07:00Heh, good times.Heh, good times.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60553046257284685022014-03-19T09:49:16.411-07:002014-03-19T09:49:16.411-07:00You look the best of the brothers. My husband has ...You look the best of the brothers. My husband has a lot less hair than you, and he started losing it when he was 16. He's 48 now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44790684142909249642014-03-19T09:45:24.538-07:002014-03-19T09:45:24.538-07:00I was warned by the recruiter, a Master Chief Gunn...I was warned by the recruiter, a Master Chief Gunners Mate, to allow my hair to grow out from a crew cut before going to boot.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27351773414037945302014-03-19T09:40:20.869-07:002014-03-19T09:40:20.869-07:00The only time in my adult life I was inflicted wit...The only time in my adult life I was inflicted with the military que ball haircut was for jump school at Benning in 76 and after IOBC starting Ranger School in 78. Never again even while a company commander in the 2nd BDE 82nd. Though I wasn't anywhere near the exception in the early 80s. Dusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174387033075095930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-867958518652618482014-03-19T07:58:57.712-07:002014-03-19T07:58:57.712-07:00Yes, and charged me 25 cents. One guy had a mound ...Yes, and charged me 25 cents. One guy had a mound of greasy hair that took several minutes to remove leaving a scalp with numerous sores. That barber enjoyed giving the guy a good splash of witch hazel on his scalp. Ah, memories. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80429357146673339082014-03-19T07:19:37.484-07:002014-03-19T07:19:37.484-07:00I'll bet the Army barbers enjoyed divesting yo...I'll bet the Army barbers enjoyed divesting you of all that hair too!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1608263519359424202014-03-19T07:18:46.967-07:002014-03-19T07:18:46.967-07:00Wow, mandatory ROTC. I didn't know that but my...Wow, mandatory ROTC. I didn't know that but my first year of college was at Norwich University, first two years back in the day we had mandatory ROTC. The last two years you still had to wear a uniform. They don't do that now. A captain I knew in the AF went to Texas A&M, they had the mandatory ROTC as well.<br /><br />Ya know, when I think of it, mandatory ROTC (at least for the first year) is not such a bad idea. Might teach some of these kids a little discipline.<br /><br />My two oldest kids were/are SWOs, one of their complaints was that for a lot of the young sailors, their first experience of discipline was in the Navy, Not at home. <em>Spare the rod...</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26460969680709141012014-03-19T07:13:35.191-07:002014-03-19T07:13:35.191-07:00Showed up for Army Basic circa 1963 with a beard a...Showed up for Army Basic circa 1963 with a beard and hair collar length. That didn't last long.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75959459710055652652014-03-19T06:58:20.752-07:002014-03-19T06:58:20.752-07:00I'm just a few years ahead of you Sarge, but i...I'm just a few years ahead of you Sarge, but in the part of rural Illinois I lived in the crew cut--at least for athletes--was the norm thru Spring, 1962. I only started out to let my hair grow so I could effect the "Ivy League" or "Princeton" haircut as it was known then in the summer of 61. I was the only guy on the football or basketball team w.o. a crew-cut, lol. (And caught hell for it, lol) But it got me a good start for college in Fall, 62, except in those days LSU had mandatory ROTC for all males and they shaved the heads of ALL freshman males during orientation week, so here I go again! Then came AFROTC "summer camp" at the end of my Jr year where my head was shaved again. LOL. Nothing like coming back to school in the fall as a Sr looking like a Freshman!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19947444203853694672014-03-19T05:53:49.934-07:002014-03-19T05:53:49.934-07:00I can't imagine them cutting you any slack wha...I can't imagine them cutting you any slack whatsoever. Live and learn.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55076721683839997332014-03-19T05:47:48.949-07:002014-03-19T05:47:48.949-07:00Yep, I remember being at the Kun as a bright new 1...Yep, I remember being at the Kun as a bright new 1LT giving the OLD Captains grief about lack of hair. Col Swope advised me I might want to back out of that a bit as the back side of my head was becoming uncovered. He hoped the Captains would forget about the grief before the uncovering was complete. They didn't.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com