U.S. troops in Afghanistan discover the charms of eyebrow-shaping

I'm sorry but I wouldn't want to be involved in a religion where I am not allowed to trim my unibrow.

This is funny. I've always had thick eyebrows and I've always had barbers trim them for me. Most old time barbers, at least, know to offer the service, along with trimming nose and ear hair when needed. It was generally considered crude (read DS redneck) NOT to keep your beard, mustache, eyebrows, nose, and ears trimmed.

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To me this seems really weird.

The most interesting tidbit here is that there is actually a regulation in the Marine Corps that says no excessive trimming is authorized. I mean, really? Don't you all have more important regulations to make to keep our soldiers safe? Heaven forbid, that well groomed brow may make Corporal Tim too attractive to the ladies... I wonder if you need authorization for a bikini wax too....

You are a Marine! The best of the best. Why do they care what you look like? As long as you can do your job and duty. To put in their regulations that you can not remove or pluck your eyebrows? PLEASE

Here is a reaction from my brother currently serving in Afghanistan after reading this report: Really? The WSJ can't report on us coaching and guiding our Afghans in stealing 400 million in drug money from the Taliban but they can write about pretty boys in the Military... #$%$

back in the late 70's early 80's, I knew fellow Marines who put peroxide on their hair to lighten it up....I had no problem w/my troops doing that...

I have to admit the barbers in Iraq were great. They were very proffessional and even gave a 30 second shoulder massage at the end. Far better than the hacks they have on military bases here at home.

Im really appalled by some of the comments posted by people. I served in Iraq twice and when i went into a decent base for some hot chow and a haircut i recieved a shoulder and head massage from the Iraqi barber. I enjoyed every minute of it. This does not mean that i am gay or soft but it makes you feel a little bit human again. We are out on the frontlines crapping in barrels and burning them and a little luxury goes a long ways. Some people need to stop commenting on things they know nothing about.

And yet there is an article right next to this one talking about banning French Manicures and tattoos? Go figure.

Let's not invade Brazil.

Lol hey you guys are risking your lives everyday so do what ever you want to do :D

For crying out loud. It's a harmless little thing. They're putting their lives on the line for us, let them have a little fun. I've always had a bushy unibrow and my barber trims and separates it and voila, I don't look like Bert from Sesame Street any more.

As the proud father of a USMC 1st lieutanant (and soon to be Captain) I don't really care about unimportant fads among the servicemen and neither does he. Our boys have earned the right to whatever harmless fad they want--and a whole lot more! Soldiers historically have had all sorts of different looks (some of them quite magnificent) but it's the guts and the brains that count!

They miss the real point, deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is 90% boredom punctuated by 10% pure adrenaline.

You do what you have to in order to pass the time, shave eyebrows, have a mustache growing contest, ect... You get the point, but the author sure didn't.

Vanity is nothing new in the military. General Custer used to spend hours waxing his moustache and putting brouline in his hair. Made it easier for the Indians to tell which scalp was his.

Whatever makes their time there less stressful.

Way I look at it they are over there putting their lives on the line for this country, let them do whatever the hell they want.

Oh man, I just flashed back to an 80s Prince concert, but as long as they make it home safe who cares if they want to get dolled up a bit, whle passing time serving our country.