- I found out on my first deployment
that there's a big difference between
what the Air Force deems an appropriate haircut
and what the Army does.
I was deployed to Baghdad.
I knew that I was going into a joint environment.
Although, I was in the Air Force,
I was gonna be in the Army headquarters.
So, it's my first day at war and I know
I'm gonna be spending it entirely with the Army.
So, I make sure that my uniform looks as best as I can.
I'm properly groomed and I'm walking
on my way up to work into Army headquarters
and literally every single soldier
turned to look at me and point and laugh
because apparently my hair wasn't up to the standards
of the United States Army.
I'm called a hippie, Michael Bolton,
Chewbacca, Willie Nelson.
I wasn't gonna endure this mockery on day two.
So, that night, I had a plan.
I went to the Post Exchange and I bought some Wahl clippers.
I went home and I cut my own hair.
So, it was like two in the morning
and I'm figuring this all out on my own for the first time.
I used every guard in there, one through eight,
and I even faded it.
It was a masterpiece.
So, I wake up the next morning,
very proud of what I have accomplished.
I'm on my way to work.
And I see all the Air Force people I came out with.
Now, they're pointing and laughing.
Wondering if the stresses of war
have already hit me on day two.
So, I can't win, no matter what I'm doing.
But, I'm going ahead with the plan.
So, I walk into the Army headquarters and it's silent.
Someone stands up in the back to start a slow clap
which turned into a standing ovation.
And a colonel who's just passing by
walks over, slaps me on the back and says,
"Your haircut motivates me."



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