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Black hairstyles for female soldiers. The Marine Corps policy update comes a year after the Navy changed its hair rules to include two-strand twists and larger buns to accommodate black female sailors. Army leaders said women will now be able to wear their hair in a long ponytail or braid and tuck it under their shirt. The Corps is the first however to permit locks in uniform.

Circuits Take on Workplace Bans Against Black Womens Natural Hair in. In reaction to a new Army regulation banning numerous hairstyles twists dreadlocks and large cornrows popular with black women the 16 women of the Congressional Black. In an interview with the Army Times Jacobs said twists are a popular style for black female soldiers because they are easy to take care of in the field Ive been in the military six years Ive had my hair natural four years and its never been out of regulation.

Gender Race Justice 405 421-28 2011. In the Workplace 14 J. The Army has eased restrictions on female hairstyles like loose ponytails and braids.

U amend paragraph 32a3f to authorize female soldiers to wear multiple hairstyles at once as long as they are neat in appearance and do not impact the proper wear of headgear and equipment. Army leaders said women will now be able to wear their hair in a long ponytail or braid and tuck it under their shirt. Hairstyles worn by black women.

The most recent grooming changes were recommended by a panel of 10 Black women four white women one Hispanic woman one Hispanic man and one Black man drawn from both low- and high-ranking soldiers. Army Expands Allowed Hairstyles For Women Grooming standards changed this month for the Army giving female soldiers more options. Referring to hairstyles traditionally worn by black women as.

Many previously had to. All locks and twists must be no wider than 38ths of an inch in diameter. For example braided twists or loc hair style with a side twist to secure hair placed in a ponytail or two.