RAF to allow ponytails and dreads?

19 Oct 2020 13:53 #1 by Ossington_2008
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Is this true? Just come across this:

or is it a windup?

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19 Oct 2020 17:55 #2 by Peter Kirk
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It certainly wouldn't surprise me. Having said that dispensation for religious reasons has been around for a long time. However, this must conflict with health and safety as I struggle to wear a Covid mask for an hour with a beard so I don't know how aircrew would cope with all the itching, or would that be an exception? The other point is that women have been allowed long hair but I gather it had to be tied up and secure whilst on duty so the same must apply to the men.

Sadly the military presence at my daughters work has disappeared otherwise she could have asked current serving officers from all three services if this was true.

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20 Oct 2020 07:32 #3 by Ossington_2008
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My God! It's true! It's an add-on note on the bottom of the statement referred to in David's post on base closures. AND gender pronouns!

www.forces.net/news/your-military-base-c...-list-sites-shutting

and even Barnham!

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20 Oct 2020 09:17 #4 by John Anderson
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Presumably someone in the RAF has estimated that by allowing pigtails, dreadlocks, beards etc. will result in 100's or 1000's of additional recruits?!

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20 Oct 2020 09:40 #5 by carnaby
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Near the end of the video he says, 'I don't understand anything anymore'

Not a lot to add really

Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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20 Oct 2020 09:53 #6 by canberra
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The Prison Service allow dreadlocks for religious reasons. A very silly idea IMHO, it gives a prisoner something to grab on to.

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20 Oct 2020 09:58 #7 by canberra
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Just looked at the list of closures, and theyve got one wrong. Mildenhall isnt closing, the USAF announced a few weeks ago that theyre staying.

And unless MOD are going to do some major building works at sites that arent closing Im wondering where everyone is going to go. To give you an example Redford and Dreghorn barracks have 2 infantry battalions, where will they go? Only thing I can think of is Kirknewton.

Mind you wee bernie will be in power and it will be a seperate nation.

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20 Oct 2020 11:30 #8 by Peter Kirk
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I don't suppose the Trumpton administration has persuaded the MOD to sell the land to the the USAF and therefore no longer RAF? Make a good golf course with all that sandy soil :)

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