Hippy Hair and Pointy Sideburns

We have a simple yardstick for male haircuts in my unit: Short and square. While AR 670-1 says when combed, hair will not fall over the ears or eyebrows, our guidance is head hair shouldn’t even touch the ear. God forbid you forget to trim your sidewalls before the Monday morning, in-line inspection. I have seen males do a number of push-ups for one stray hair connecting with the upper lobe.

I have also seen a number of new Soldiers explore the limits of their facial hair--specifically sideburns.

Sideburns may not be flared; the base of the sideburn will be a clean shaven, horizontal line. Sideburns will not extend below the lowest part of the exterior ear opening.

We simply say it is not a good idea to have the First Sergeant squint at you trying to determine if your sideburn conforms to the standard and consider having it terminate at the top of your inner-ear opening.