Traditionally, in the military, one wasn’t allowed to wear a bread unless there was a medical condition (which by grandfather had, but I never discovered what it was) excluding it. The navy didn’t have the restrictive rule, which was why lots of beard wearers (pogoneers?) served there rather than in the air or land forces.
Saying that, this seems to smack of some kind of PC-ness. Are serving women expected to wear a hijab under their beret or helmet?
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