Here's a bunch of photos from World War II that prove regulation haircuts don't win wars [View all]

Bringing up military grooming standards and haircut regulations is, without a doubt, the easiest way to find out who among your group of friends got out after one enlistment, and who stayed in for life.

One group will proclaim that the shortness of one's hair and the tightness of one's fade are inversely proportionate to how much discipline a service member has. The other group will shrug, stick their hands in their pockets, and walk away because they have more important shit to worry about.

This debate is basically the military's version of the chicken or the egg conundrum: Do haircut regulations make service members disciplined, or do service members choose to get screaming high and tights because they're disciplined and follow orders, no matter how asinine?

It's worth considering, since the fight over military haircuts is now making national headlines.

Days after Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California announced that barbershops there would remain open in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Task & Purpose Pentagon Correspondent Jeff Schogol decided to put the age-old question to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/haircuts-dont-win-wars