DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT OF MIDSHIPMEN

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 101 BUCHANAN ROAD

ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND 21402-5100

COMMANDANT or MIDSHIPMEN NOTICE 1020

From: Commandant of Midshipmen, U.S. Naval Academ y

Subj: FIRST HAIRCUT

Ref: (a) COMDTMIDNINST 1610.2H

Cane: Sep 19

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Encl: (1) Excerpt of Marine Corps Order P1020.34G w/CH 1-5: USMC Uniform Regulations (2) Barber and Beauty Shop Health & Sanitation Regulations

1. Purpose. To provide guidelines and direction on Service Assignment haircuts.

2. Background. U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen who have been selected by ce1iain Navy and Marine Corps communities have often requested that they receive a "first haircut" the day of their Service Assignment. This time-honored practice should not be used as a facilitator for hazing or maltreatment of shipmates.

3. Guidelines. To ensure midshipmen are treated witb the utmost respect and dignity and per reference (a), the following guidelines will apply:

a. First and foremost, if a midshipman elects not to receive a haircut at one of the authorized stations, their decision will be respected.

b. Enclosure (l) provides guidance on Marine Corps hair regulations for males. In accordance with Marine Corps grooming standards, female Mai-ines are not authorized to shave their heads. ·

c . Enclosure (2) provides guidance on health and sanitation regulations followed by Naval Academy Business Services Division (NABSD) employees. At a minimum, midshipmen should clean hands and clippers between use to prevent the transfer of skin byproducts (fungal, etc.).

d. NAB SD will provide "Marine Selects" and other midshipmen desiring a "first haircut" head of the line privileges at the Brigade Barber Shop on 16 November 2018.

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e. As an alternative to the Brigade Barbershop, on 15 November 2018 from 1245 until 1315, Companies may establish a "Unit Barber Shop" to accommodate Midshipmen who volunteer for a First Haircut. No other times are authorized for unit barbershops.

f. At no time will any midshipmen, regardless of service selection, shave or have shaved one or both eyebrows.

(1) Company Commanders will select those midshipmen authorized to give haircuts; no other midshipmen will be authorized to give haircuts. Company Commanders and Company Officers shall ensure those Unit "barbers" are thoroughly familiar with enclosure (1).

(2) Company Barbershops must be in the main passageway of the Company area, centrally located.

(3) Only those who request a haircut will be given one; there will be no coercion, physical force, or other means to force or shame midshipmen into getting a haircut.

(4) Company Officers or Senior Enlisted Leaders will be physically present in the passageway to ensure there is no coercion, badgering, or shaming (either implicitly or explicitly) of midshipmen who do not want to get a haircut at the Unit Barber Shop.

4. Records Management

a. Records created as a result of this notice, regardless of format or media, must be maintained and dispositioned for the standard subject identification codes (SSIC) 1000 through 13000 series per the records disposition schedules located on the Department of the Navy/Assistant for Administration (DON/AA), Directives and Records Management Division (DRMD) portal page at https://portal.secnav.navy.mil/orgs/DUSNM/DONAA/DRM/Records­and-Information-Management/ Approved %20Reco rd %20Schedules/F arms/ Allltems. aspx.

b. For questions concerning the management of records related to this notice or the records disposition schedules, please contact your local records manager or the DON/ AA DRMD program office.

Distribution: Non-Mids (Electronically) Brigade (Electronically)

~z-By direction

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1. Hair Length

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Excerpt Marine Corps Order P1020.34G w/CH 1-5

a. Hair will be neat and closely trimmed. The hair may be clipped at the edges of the side and back and will be evenly graduated all the way around the head (blended or faded and not edged as an outline) from zero length at the hairline in the lower po1tion of the head to the upper portion of the head. Hair will not be over three inches in length fully extended (an extended hair, not the style, determines proper length) on the upper portion of the head. The bulk of the hair shall not exceed approximately two inches. Bulk is defined as the distance that the mass of hair protrudes from the scalp when styled. The back and sides of the head below the hairline may be shaved to remove body hair.

b. Sideburns will not extend below the top of the orifice of the ear, as indicated by the line A­A in figures 1-1 and 1-2. Sideburns will not be styled to taper, flare or come to a point. The length of an individual hair of the sideburn will not exceed 1/8 inch when fully extended.

c. No male Marine will be required to have his entire hair length clipped to the scalp except while he is undergoing recruit training or when such action is prescribed by a Medical Officer. This does not prohibit a male Marine from having his hair clipped ( or shaved) to the scalp if he so desires.

2. Hair Style

a. Head hair will be styled so as not to interfere with the proper wear of uniform headgear. Hair, which protrudes from beneath properly worn headgear in an unsightly maimer, is considered excessive, regardless of length. Male hair styles will conform to the natural shape of the head without eccentric directional flow, twists or spiking. One ( cut, clipped or shaved) natural, narrow, fore and aft off centered pmt (placed no further than the outer corner of the eye and will not extend down the back of the head) is authorized. The following hair style types are considered eccentric and are not authorized (this list is not all inclusive):

b. Hair styling which include single patches of hair on the top of the head (not consistent with natural hair loss);

c. Hair styled to run as a strip down the center of the scalp (i.e. "Mohawk" fashion);

d. Hair styled to leave an unusually large open (bald) area on the top of the head (not consistent with natural hair loss); and

e. Hair styles which include the etching of letters, signs or figures, not considered natural in appearance.

f. Braiding of the hair is not authorized for male Marines. When used, hair gel/mousse should provide a conservative, natural appearance. (See figures 1-1 through 1-2).

Enclosme (1)

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Figure 1-1 USMC Male Grooming Standards

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3. Facial/Chest Hair. The face will be clean-shaven, except that a mustache may be worn. When worn, the mustache will be neatly trimmed and must be contained within the lines of B-B', C-C', D-D' and the margin area of the upper lip, as shown in figures 1-1 and 1-2. The individual length of a mustache hair folly extended must not exceed 1/2 inch.

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4. Except for a mustache, eyebrows, and eyelashes, hair may be grown on the face only when a Medical Officer has determined that shaving is temporarily harmful to the individual's health. In these cases, the current edition of MCO 6310.1 applies.

5. No male Marine will be required to have his chest hair clipped. Chest hair should not protrude in an unsightly manner above the collar of the visible undershirt when worn, or long sleeve khaki shi1t.

6. Excessive plucking or removal of eyebrows is not authorized, except for medical reasons.

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BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP I IEAL U-1 & S.AN[lATION REGULATIOINS

·1. The fo llo·Nin~1 re~1u!ations ,.-.·ill be -observed n r1I b,01rbl"lr' ;-:md ! 1,erl 1,11l':f :;h(1!15 urn I er ll·.e !:K:opG CJf lhe Stipeirintend1sH'1I.

a. Barber/~,ea1,1ly shop ernptoy·e-es nws1 W-t1'.~-h hands m(Ji'OtJgltly with soap· ~ind wt1rm water bet11,·eI:m I>a trons amJ ,1fle.11oucr1ing 1nc1nlma le objBcts th;;11 .;i ·u llkoly 10 b0 contarn lna l{J•d.

c. Orl'y' 1D/\ npprovcd ton ics , lotions, bleB-:::ho~;, clyes, .:ind EPA registered disinfcctGints .ore acceptable in M,:1vc-.l 1<'!ei liliP.s

o. Tho· hc-adrnc1 of b;;irlJcJif' ch;;ii rs rnus1 be covcr,erl Viith .rt d c-o.n towel or a clo~rn sheet of pr;ipor for ,each pa!ron

f. Gommon luushes, dusters, etG., are prohi liil;ec.i

.g. Tlrn ose of r.azors or disposable mzors i~ pro l' ibited .

h. li'1dividt1a l sanila r~• neck strips n-,ust b0 Uf;.cc: fi:Jr 0;;;1ch patron.

j. Op·er«1lor"s street. clo ll1-i11g mu~.\ be 5\ored se-parcitely from i~al o f psqrons.

~ .. No ,::o1ingi'drinking or srno~in-g while alic nuin•~I palro-n:::..

L Clen n, covered s.anilary recepl:.icles mu s1 be pI ovi{lfl ~I for was1c nrnkrials and l.JSt:)d I ini::in .

R.eceptacles sho11.,1 Id be Ii ned 'Nith dis pos ,1 t:,le b,1 [1~,.

m. Removol of cut hair from deck~ n·,us.t be i:10..-1,e frequently by dustles.!; method.!;. Floors mu~,1 b•~i wQ·:;,hed with d1::•ler-ge1 11 Bnd ,,,1.,IIP.r c1l rr~quHnl ink,",•H I:, ID pn,•vt:! 11I lhr~ a o:;.c m1ulr1 lio11 of dirt

n. 'Nlio::!JI cornpr t:!S!.;·1?-tJ air is l.l !a;~H I ID rnn1<JVr~ ll;-1ir t•cmi r:,;.;lron.s, 1J-Ie pre5s L1re must be 1-5 p-0,umf,s per squ8r·c iflch or lrn1::;.

o. Sor•Jing p.11rcin.i, •.vi lh i1 1flc:i nwd 0 1 lnfi:icliou.:; lZ~11d i11c,ns of LI;,(: r;cDlp, faico, cir n'-'lCk. wilh(llJ\ \r1f.l wri1(en comeril: ot a i\•ledica.l Ofiicet is prol1 ibitr.~d .

p. J-\f1er u~e on e;:1d1 p~tron • .:-il l inslnJmen\~ 1:mc,tcdlic cmd non-rn-0-tClll'ic) includh;J r'Omovable clipper he,•.ti5, co,nbs, brosbes, E:! lc.:., 111u~l bf:! clt:!.=111erj , di:,:.111lectit!d, Rnd wc1shf:'!d wilh soap o~ de1erge.n, and hot ·,v~1E:: I(] rnmnve film , oil, And dt~bri:, Followin9 cle;:in1nq, lh(~ c~fl lWH if1Slrurne11I rTllJ:j l b~ pla•c.~d in an EPA· reg·stered di::.infec1ing solulion (i.e. Barbicidc} for I111:l recommended !ume lif>lcd 0 11 1110 lflstruciton la,nel. Di..1e lo palrrn1 load, !';(JJ°ILl~ f,1dli1i(;~ mft~• rt~quiw s ol1.1 linm; ln bC-3 d 1r2ri(:J(:!d d<!!ily or lflC)m rre{]lfenlly as ncxxJc:d . !Jnlc:s~ c,theriNir,e jndic:;i1eo by lhc lc1l) ol, i:11 disinfec:iin,g solutions must be chan~Jod @1 IG·.as1 ·weekly. All ins1rurm,rnls dii; irife r:-h-!d ir1 <1 ahe mir.r=,I .0.nl11 lion ri1iis1 be U·,oro1_1ghl,.- rin5ed in n.,,nniri g potable wal'ilt IO romovo the cr1crn ical prior to u~o .

t i , Hon-wmovo'.l~)I (: c lipper r1cads mu:1.l bo wio-:::3 and s.pm~•ocJ with an EPA 1.;.Jql~;lore-cJ cllslnf~:;tar1l bel.\veen eacl1 J}Hlron. Prnc:<'!1,1lion~ to spr,:iy inch 1d P. 111 i1·11mu111 u5e, spray irl\V.:!'_t' k om briealhing zon-e of 1,1 :;,er i:HL(!• p ;;;il(t,r,, rn ll)i rn i.::::o skin contc1c t, c'1t 1d w.;:i sn ll and G rifler :sprny;n~J.

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