“Nice Haircut!”

Whoever thought a haircut would get so many comments?  Just another haircut as far as I could tell, but there must have been 17 different Soldiers tell me “Hey sir!  Now THAT is a haircut!”, “Sir!  You look like you are that General in the movie “Toy Soldiers”!” or “That looks just like a Marine haircut! You look twenty years younger!”

It is like nobody has ever seen a flat top with short sides.  Sheesh!

“Honey I have never seen you with hair that short.  I like it!”  “You look like an infantry commander. Especially with that shoulder holster you got. Cool!”

“I have worn this style before.  It isn’t that big of a deal.”  “Yeah.  Like 27 years ago maybe!”

Some people judge you by your hair.  Can you believe it?  One minute it looks like I don’t care, I am a typical aviator, looking and acting like a warrant officer (of which I once was one).  Maybe they mistake me for a surfer or California beach bum (without the tan.)  Of course the only people who think this are people IN the military.  Everybody outside the military has always thought I have had a military style haircut. 

So hair style matters.  People judge you by how you look, carry yourself and whether you say “H**ah!” or not (I don’t; stopped for good at Officer Candidate School).  Fingernails matter too.

CPT Houston, her sister in arms and the other female officers all take pains to maintain some level of femininity and nail care is the easiest method.  I told my daughters that.  Nails that are clean, polished and of the same length say a lot about a woman and all genders (is there more than 2?) should look after their nails because people judge you by your hair, your nails and whether you put your hands in your pocket while in uniform.  I need to get a nail file.