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Boris Sanochkin
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Will Bentley
, Retired USMC after 28 years: service as officer and enlisted, active and reserve
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According to the Chapter 8 Article 344 of the Charter of the Armed Forces servicemen are obliged ‘to regularly bath, brush teeth, cut nails, hair and shave clean’.
Technically it means that the facial hair is not allowed. (Doesn't one of those have a beard?)
Meanwhile, the same charter says that ‘mustaches has to be tidy and not to prevent the proper use of individual protective equipment’ meaning a gas mask.
That means the mustaches are allowed when they are tidy.
At the same time Navy has its own Charter and its Article 531 says that ‘the haircut, mustaches and beard of the serviceman has to be tidy’ - meaning the beard is allowed to the sailors and marines.
In real life it mostly depends on a command of the unit. In Far North beards are usually tolerated because they help to avoid frostbites.
If the serviceman has scars on the face or medical conditions preventing shaving the command would most likely allow the beard.
In other units there might be zero tolerance. There are even instances of women reprimanded under Article 344 for unshaved legs".
Mobile phones are not allowed on active service, I believe.