Infantry Discussion Thread part 11: Gallas Razor edition.

[NeuPolska]

Is there like a gallery of available hairstyles for the Army?

http://terminallance.com/2015/04/14/ter ... d-low-reg/

Alright that works

[Gallia-]

pls

health potion is rip-its

[Kassaran]

Is there like a gallery of available hairstyles for the Army? I get that they're just gonna be generic variants of very short or buzzed side hair and buzzed to shortish hair on top but it would nice to have a selection.

lmao

>short hair

Boyo, it's five inches maximum length on top of male heads so long as it doesn't cover ears or eyebrows. Must be combed back or over/across when in uniform or be naturally fluffy to avoid hanging down like your some English Sheepdog.

[Gallia-]

five inches

might as well have a mullet at this point tbh

or a man bun if youre a 2010s guy

[NeuPolska]

Is there like a gallery of available hairstyles for the Army? I get that they're just gonna be generic variants of very short or buzzed side hair and buzzed to shortish hair on top but it would nice to have a selection.

lmao

>short hair

Boyo, it's five inches maximum length on top of male heads so long as it doesn't cover ears or eyebrows. Must be combed back or over/across when in uniform or be naturally fluffy to avoid hanging down like your some English Sheepdog.

Ok I chose u as armee friendo for top-tier armee halp

I'll be fine, then. Still have quite a bit of hair to cut though. Can't be Jesus anymore but oh well, I don't want to have to deal with that if I have to do shit anyway. Also I've heard regulation mustaches getting completely shit on for supposedly looking bad no matter what but I don't want to shave my upper lip so like how could I go about it in a way that won't look stupid?

[Gallia-]

lmao

>short hair

Boyo, it's five inches maximum length on top of male heads so long as it doesn't cover ears or eyebrows. Must be combed back or over/across when in uniform or be naturally fluffy to avoid hanging down like your some English Sheepdog.

Ok I chose u as armee friendo for top-tier armee halp

I'll be fine, then. Still have quite a bit of hair to cut though.

it'll be cut for you

Also I've heard regulation mustaches getting completely shit on for supposedly looking bad no matter what but I don't want to shave my upper lip so like how could I go about it in a way that won't look stupid?

shave it

moustaches are bad unless you are actually tom selleck irl

[NeuPolska]

Ok I chose u as armee friendo for top-tier armee halp

I'll be fine, then. Still have quite a bit of hair to cut though.

it'll be cut for you

Also I've heard regulation mustaches getting completely shit on for supposedly looking bad no matter what but I don't want to shave my upper lip so like how could I go about it in a way that won't look stupid?

shave it

moustaches are bad unless you are actually tom selleck irl

RIP

Still gonna give it my best shot though. Not gonna let military mustaches die off. I'd feel like a hypocrite for coming on here talking about how great mustaches are and posting pictures of French WWI soldiers with badass mustaches only to enter the military myself and be clean-shaven.

[Kassaran]

five inches

might as well have a mullet at this point tbh

One can only get away with so much my fungi associate, only so much.

I walked into work this morning with my hair at just under out-of-regs and forgot to shave, but that hardly looks out of place in our shop where every other guy has a shaving profile. My team leader caught me and told me I had until the end of lunch to fix it, so I went, got my medium fade, no-touch-on-top, clean sweep to the right usual-do, rushed back to the barracks to shave and got some sleep in. Walked back into work and got 'complimented' for doing as I was expected. I've been told my next step is to now arrange my hair like my sergeant's given that he actually has grown his out entirely and just slicks it across and back along his part to hide it under his PC.

No way to make moustaches not look bad for at least a month. You're going to end up looking like you belong in the fifties pornos, and then regular movies from weeks 1-5 and then 5+ respectively. As for your hair, it all gets clipped off at BCT, at least three times, four at most unless you get injured or held over. God help those sorry bastards in holdover platoon at all BCT units under TRADOC. Actually, you can grow a moustache already? Looks like you'll be fine once you hit big army, or even AIT. You should just be able to grow that sucker out over a few weeks and you'll be good. It can't be touching your nose and needs to be even and trimmed to not exceed the corners of your mouth. For more info, just look up Army Regulation 670-1 for all your uniform questions and loop-holes. Do note individual units oft have officers that put out memos that further restrict actions not specifically barred in the Regs.

[Gallia-]

it'll be cut for you



shave it

moustaches are bad unless you are actually tom selleck irl

RIP

Still gonna give it my best shot though. Not gonna let military mustaches die off. I'd feel like a hypocrite for coming on here talking about how great mustaches are and posting pictures of French WWI soldiers with badass mustaches only to enter the military myself and be clean-shaven.

might as well have a mullet at this point tbh

One can only get away with so much my fungi associate, only so much.

I walked into work this morning with my hair at just under out-of-regs and forgot to shave, but that hardly looks out of place in our shop where every other guy has a shaving profile. My team leader caught me and told me I had until the end of lunch to fix it, so I went, got my medium fade, no-touch-on-top, clean sweep to the right usual-do, rushed back to the barracks to shave and got some sleep in. Walked back into work and got 'complimented' for doing as I was expected. I've been told my next step is to now arrange my hair like my sergeant's given that he actually has grown his out entirely and just slicks it across and back along his part to hide it under his PC.

No way to make moustaches not look bad for at least a month. You're going to end up looking like you belong in the fifties pornos, and then regular movies from weeks 1-5 and then 5+ respectively. As for your hair, it all gets clipped off at BCT, at least three times, four at most unless you get injured or held over. God help those sorry bastards in holdover platoon at all BCT units under TRADOC. Actually, you can grow a moustache already? Looks like you'll be fine once you hit big army, or even AIT. You should just be able to grow that sucker out over a few weeks and you'll be good. It can't be touching your nose and needs to be even and trimmed to not exceed the corners of your mouth. For more info, just look up Army Regulation 670-1 for all your uniform questions and loop-holes. Do note individual units oft have officers that put out memos that further restrict actions not specifically barred in the Regs.

the EM SIXTEH gunner in this video has a proper Reg Stache

go to 7:13 for a true man who doesnt shrink in the face of adversity

[NeuPolska]

might as well have a mullet at this point tbh

One can only get away with so much my fungi associate, only so much.

I walked into work this morning with my hair at just under out-of-regs and forgot to shave, but that hardly looks out of place in our shop where every other guy has a shaving profile. My team leader caught me and told me I had until the end of lunch to fix it, so I went, got my medium fade, no-touch-on-top, clean sweep to the right usual-do, rushed back to the barracks to shave and got some sleep in. Walked back into work and got 'complimented' for doing as I was expected. I've been told my next step is to now arrange my hair like my sergeant's given that he actually has grown his out entirely and just slicks it across and back along his part to hide it under his PC.

No way to make moustaches not look bad for at least a month. You're going to end up looking like you belong in the fifties pornos, and then regular movies from weeks 1-5 and then 5+ respectively. As for your hair, it all gets clipped off at BCT, at least three times, four at most unless you get injured or held over. God help those sorry bastards in holdover platoon at all BCT units under TRADOC. Actually, you can grow a moustache already? Looks like you'll be fine once you hit big army, or even AIT. You should just be able to grow that sucker out over a few weeks and you'll be good. It can't be touching your nose and needs to be even and trimmed to not exceed the corners of your mouth. For more info, just look up Army Regulation 670-1 for all your uniform questions and loop-holes. Do note individual units oft have officers that put out memos that further restrict actions not specifically barred in the Regs.

To be fair my facial hair grows rather slowly, but steadily. Seems simple enough though.

How do the paychecks work? Do you have money to spend or do they give you an allowance for things?

[Gallia-]

"taihei tengoku" prepare your psyche [or dont i guess since youre not I n f a n t r y or #YATYAS]

[NeuPolska]

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"taihei tengoku" prepare your psyche [or dont i guess since youre not I n f a n t r y or #YATYAS]

Thank God?

[Gallia-]

who wouldnt want to be a tank platoon commander?

but then youd be in the army not the muhreens if you wanted to be #YACYAS bantwagons

e: this is a good one it's almost as good as vincennes

e2: this is the best duffelblog ive ever seen unironically

[Vassenor]

RIP

Still gonna give it my best shot though. Not gonna let military mustaches die off. I'd feel like a hypocrite for coming on here talking about how great mustaches are and posting pictures of French WWI soldiers with badass mustaches only to enter the military myself and be clean-shaven.

One can only get away with so much my fungi associate, only so much.

I walked into work this morning with my hair at just under out-of-regs and forgot to shave, but that hardly looks out of place in our shop where every other guy has a shaving profile. My team leader caught me and told me I had until the end of lunch to fix it, so I went, got my medium fade, no-touch-on-top, clean sweep to the right usual-do, rushed back to the barracks to shave and got some sleep in. Walked back into work and got 'complimented' for doing as I was expected. I've been told my next step is to now arrange my hair like my sergeant's given that he actually has grown his out entirely and just slicks it across and back along his part to hide it under his PC.

No way to make moustaches not look bad for at least a month. You're going to end up looking like you belong in the fifties pornos, and then regular movies from weeks 1-5 and then 5+ respectively. As for your hair, it all gets clipped off at BCT, at least three times, four at most unless you get injured or held over. God help those sorry bastards in holdover platoon at all BCT units under TRADOC. Actually, you can grow a moustache already? Looks like you'll be fine once you hit big army, or even AIT. You should just be able to grow that sucker out over a few weeks and you'll be good. It can't be touching your nose and needs to be even and trimmed to not exceed the corners of your mouth. For more info, just look up Army Regulation 670-1 for all your uniform questions and loop-holes. Do note individual units oft have officers that put out memos that further restrict actions not specifically barred in the Regs.

the EM SIXTEH gunner in this video has a proper Reg Stache

go to 7:13 for a true man who doesnt shrink in the face of adversity

So basically if you want to grow a dick tickler get a white panel van and write "FREE CANDY" on the side in blood?

[Kassaran]

To be fair my facial hair grows rather slowly, but steadily. Seems simple enough though.

How do the paychecks work? Do you have money to spend or do they give you an allowance for things?

They automatically sign you up for auto-deposit when you enlist, or they should have.

Paychecks arrive promptly on the 1st and 15th as Gallia pointed out with the TL strip. In BCT, you won't be spending most of that, you'll be intially 'given' $300 on a little gift-card of sorts. That $300 mind you is from an advance pay on your first official pay check. That is not free money, do not treat it as such. On top of that, you'll be afforded trips to a small 'shoppette' for buying essentials, during which you'll be expected to pull money from your card to pay for it. Some BN's allow for visits to the ATM, this is your best chance to pull out extra money and prepare for any major gift-opportunities you want to buy, but be aware that money also is a hard commodity to keep a hold of in BCT. Getting it stolen in the middle of the night by the bay's shitbag fireguard or resident thief will make you look like an asshat if you say anything to the DS about it and like an easy target if you don't. Be smart about how much money you have on you in the end, it's not worth losing a bunch to BCT.

Once you get out of BCT, you can receive any number of things based upon where you get stationed for your AIT and then later your units. These are covered under BAH, BAS, and COLA; Basic Allowance for Housing, Basic Allowance for Sustenance, and Cost Of Living Allowance. The majority of these are only notable if you're married, especially BAH as you'll rarely be allowed to live in separate housing at any non-officer or senior NCO rank (E-7+). Then again, dependas are also the brunt of jokes in the Army, so if you have one, be ready to get shit for it on some ends of your otherwise nicely buttered toast.

[Gallia-]

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the EM SIXTEH gunner in this video has a proper Reg Stache

go to 7:13 for a true man who doesnt shrink in the face of adversity

So basically if you want to grow a dick tickler get a white panel van and write "FREE CANDY" on the side in blood?

you can also be queer

that gets you a free ride for moustache if you actually like penis

relevant:

[NeuPolska]

To be fair my facial hair grows rather slowly, but steadily. Seems simple enough though.

How do the paychecks work? Do you have money to spend or do they give you an allowance for things?

They automatically sign you up for auto-deposit when you enlist, or they should have.

Paychecks arrive promptly on the 1st and 15th as Gallia pointed out with the TL strip. In BCT, you won't be spending most of that, you'll be intially 'given' $300 on a little gift-card of sorts. That $300 mind you is from an advance pay on your first official pay check. That is not free money, do not treat it as such. On top of that, you'll be afforded trips to a small 'shoppette' for buying essentials, during which you'll be expected to pull money from your card to pay for it. Some BN's allow for visits to the ATM, this is your best chance to pull out extra money and prepare for any major gift-opportunities you want to buy, but be aware that money also is a hard commodity to keep a hold of in BCT. Getting it stolen in the middle of the night by the bay's shitbag fireguard or resident thief will make you look like an asshat if you say anything to the DS about it and like an easy target if you don't. Be smart about how much money you have on you in the end, it's not worth losing a bunch to BCT.

Once you get out of BCT, you can receive any number of things based upon where you get stationed for your AIT and then later your units. These are covered under BAH, BAS, and COLA; Basic Allowance for Housing, Basic Allowance for Sustenance, and Cost Of Living Allowance. The majority of these are only notable if you're married, especially BAH as you'll rarely be allowed to live in separate housing at any non-officer or senior NCO rank (E-7+). Then again, dependas are also the brunt of jokes in the Army, so if you have one, be ready to get shit for it on some ends of your otherwise nicely buttered toast.

So more or less, BCT is going to be the toughest part of my life in the Army should I enlist, and people are generally shit?

[Gallia-]

lmao amazing

[Kassaran]

Gallia, did you only just discover the great memeness that is TL? If so, it's absolutely adorbs watching the sporekin amuse itself with Marine Corps memes.

[Gallia-]

Gallia, did you only just

what are you talking about?

i just stopped following TL for like 4 years after it was in the 200s

im going through the archives and finding the most amusing ones

[Theodosiya]

Would it be better to issue 6b (including 27) series, sfera, ZSH-1 helmets and 6B11 to 6B23 vest as part of training gear (And GI for Nat Guard & Militias) for marines and army? Once they became "full" personnels, Army got German gear, while Marines initially got Russian, later USMC, as TAF got semi Westernized.

[Ord Caprica]

who wouldnt want to be a tank platoon commander?

but then youd be in the army not the muhreens if you wanted to be #YACYAS bantwagons

e: this is a good one it's almost as good as vincennes

e2: this is the best duffelblog ive ever seen unironically

The only people who join the Army are convicts and drug addicts or alternatively, future convicts and drug dealers.

Semper Burn or some shit.

Obligatory Moto Post

[Gallia-]

there's more drug abusers in the usmc than in the army

[Fordorsia]

You mean US marines are actually lowlife degenerates? WOOOAAAH

[Gallia-]

no theyre just alcoholics

the usa is currently in a vietnam-tier death spiral again and the DoD is up to its eyeballs in alcoholism and opiate abuse because troops are either self-medicating instead of seeking actual medical care (this is a common thing in the USA) or suffering chronic arthritis and incapable of functioning normally without taking enough morphine to drop a horse (this is a common thing in the West, period)

how far the mighty have fallen

the allegedly professional "all volunteer force" resembles its original self again: drunk/stoned out of its mind, in dire need of investment in new guns and operating budgets, and incapable of putting up effective resistance against the russians for lack of quality personnel and equipment

maybe the 2020s will be 1980s again and we'll see actual investment in the military pay off with block iii tank and crusader--oh wait for that to have happened we'd need have started block iii tank 20 years ago just like mbt-70 and m1 did so RIP

time to revamp the military with a new and improved "all American force" to bolster numbers of quality troops and in general aka bring back the draft