Posted 11:13 AM by Marco

Go Navy, Beat Army.
Ooh Rah.

And why is the Military so big on haircuts, anyway?
There's a historic reason. Look at photographs from the War Between the States. The soldiers on both sides looked like hippies. Now look at our men in uniform after the Spanish-American War at the beginning of the 20th century. Crew cuts! What happened? Fighting in the tropics, that's what. It went beyond comfort. Dare I be blunt? Cooties (Pediculus corporis). It's easier to avoid such distractions with short hair, which facilitates keeping the scalp clean. It also turned out to be easier to treat scalp wounds without long hair to complicate matters. Why not, then, specify complete baldness? Bald soldiers could reflect sunlight off their skulls. Source: EVER WONDER WHY? By Douglas B. Smith