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Hekate

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7. No gays, no trans, no women, no Black men. Who does that leave marching off to get blown to bits? Or coming home...

Reply to Coldwater (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:06 PM

Sep 18

…with PTSD? Or, more optimistically, coming home with tech skills and stuff?

Lethality! War fighters!
Sheer, unadulterated idiocy. Thank you, Whiskey Pete.

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Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation [View all] Coldwater Sep 18 OP

This is why Coldwater Sep 18 #1

All the Navy gave us (white and black) was a little bottle of Aqua Velva. Then Zumwalt allowed us to have beards ... marble falls Sep 18 #2

There's not gonna be any soldiers left. Just ICE thugs. Walleye Sep 18 #3

Sadly Coldwater Sep 18 #5

It was hard to get a shaving profile in my unit. underpants Sep 18 #4

'About 60% of Black men are affected by the condition, according to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.' riversedge Sep 18 #6

No gays, no trans, no women, no Black men. Who does that leave marching off to get blown to bits? Or coming home... Hekate Sep 18 #7

When I worked at a bank Zackzzzz Sep 18 #8

Goddam that looks painful. progressoid Sep 18 #9

Yes, the ultimate test of a man's competence in battle is to be clean shaven. intheflow Sep 18 #10

... Solly Mack Sep 18 #11

I used to have that and I'm a white female who used to have lots of black curly facial hair. LeftInTX Sep 18 #12