02-24-2014, 09:53 PM
just to clarify, the beards worn by SEALS and SF Types are more in response to blending in with the indigenous personnel in their area of operations. There are plenty of SF/SEAL types who are as prestigious as their other brothers and they dont sport a beard.
This has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but Arabs and Pashtuns generally do not trust men without facial hair, as they are considered feminine. It helps when trying to gain the trust of locals to have facial hair. But the US military has a pretty deep cultural love of clean shaven soldiers. The conventional military mindset hates the idea of facial hair, which ranks up there with un-bloused boots and rolling sleeves up, as a mark of an undisciplined solider. When it comes to mustaches they have ridiculous regulations limiting their size, ensuring a Hitler like mustache for most people. Special operations units have more freedom, thus they have awesome beards, at least when deployed.
Pentagon Study Finds Beards Directly Related To Combat Effectiveness
This has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but Arabs and Pashtuns generally do not trust men without facial hair, as they are considered feminine. It helps when trying to gain the trust of locals to have facial hair. But the US military has a pretty deep cultural love of clean shaven soldiers. The conventional military mindset hates the idea of facial hair, which ranks up there with un-bloused boots and rolling sleeves up, as a mark of an undisciplined solider. When it comes to mustaches they have ridiculous regulations limiting their size, ensuring a Hitler like mustache for most people. Special operations units have more freedom, thus they have awesome beards, at least when deployed.
Pentagon Study Finds Beards Directly Related To Combat Effectiveness
