Female soldiers can let their hair down, and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army. But male soldiers will still have to shave. Army leaders announced Tuesday that they ...

The Army is tightening its standards for soldiers’ hairstyles. The service issued a directive Monday to “remove ambiguity” in previous and expired notices that cover appearance and grooming standards, ...

A new cadet receives his first of many haircuts at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during Reception Day on July 1, 2019. (Michelle Eberhart/Army) The U.S. Army announced updates to its ...

Women can no longer wear lipstick or colored nail polish, and men must keep their hair length within 2 inches as part of the Army’s tightening and clarification of appearance and grooming standards ...

The U.S. Army wants soldiers to return to a more conservative look with newly implemented grooming standards. The U.S. Army is implementing stricter grooming standards for soldiers through new rules ...

New rules include shorter haircuts for men and more restricted hairstyles for women. Only natural hair colors are permitted, and makeup options like lipstick are being eliminated. The regulations also ...

The Pentagon is more concerned with enforcing a racist policy aimed at African-American female military personnel than addressing the Army’s suicide epidemic among soldiers. Earlier this month, the ...

An online petition is demanding that the military reconsiders its most recent guidelines regarding soldier appearance, saying the new rules for hair length discriminate against women of color who ...

This week, female members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, asking him to revise the recently released Army Regulation 670-1, ...