cooper1234
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I am doing ROTC in the Fall, but I am getting my ears pierced soon. I'd imagine I can't wear them to Lab or in Uniform, but am I able to have them out of uniform?
I am doing ROTC in the Fall, but I am getting my ears pierced soon. I'd imagine I can't wear them to Lab or in Uniform, but am I able to have them out of uniform?
I am doing ROTC in the Fall, but I am getting my ears pierced soon. I'd imagine I can't wear them to Lab or in Uniform, but am I able to have them out of uniform?
not going to judge, just make some observations
You will not be able to wear your earrings while in uniform.
You will not be able to wear your earrings on a military base.
When you are wearing your earrings on campus you will probably take some crap from from the old crusty cadre.
Make sure your holes are healed before you show up on campus, wearing a bandaid over your earrings, or putting a straw in to keep the holes open are not authorized either.
Some day you will be expected to enforce the standard, which means you may have to stop a soldier on post and tell them to take their earrings out.
think it's still worth it.
bjc said:I've always heard that guys that get their ears pierced secretly want to be women.
Are you sure your not in my family? Bullet and I have told our boys, get you ears pierce and we will buy you a dress for you to wear with the earrings.
Harsh, but true. I understand for your generation it is a cool thing, no biggie, like tats. However, now you will entering a new world where you will no longer be judged as a kid, but as an adult. You will be viewed differently on Sept 1st as a college student by your profs and cadre, than compared to June when you were in hs.
It is like the time warp you went through from middle to hs, yet 10X bigger.
You need to see your decisions and how with every decision there will be an impact, big or small.
You do not want to show up for ROTC day 1 with holes in your ears and expect them not to notice. They will notice. As clarkson stated they won't ding you for it in uniform, but you probably will have POCs yakking about you...did you see cadet cooper? He has pierced ears!
Ten will get you twenty, the next comment will be what a fool, and that is the sanitized way of saying it! Followed by other comments.
So now on day one every POC will know your name, and not in a positive light.
Also, why do it at all? 1st off few entering realize that many cadets hang together socially. Our DS a C300 is at his det probably 3-4 days a week, sometimes more. He hangs in the lounge if he has a break between classes. His lounge has, foosball, crud table, XBox and PS3 in it. So if you have an hour between classes, you may find yourself in the lounge. They also have Thursday night GMC night where they order in pizza and hang. On top of that they have 3 military fraternities, so there is that socialization too. Additionally, any issues you may have i.e. finance or semester reviews may be done on your non-ROTC days due to class confliction. Finally, they do community volunteering, which is mandated (funny...mandated volunteering), and that occurs about 1x a month.
Add that all up together and it is no longer just 2x a week PT, and lead lab. It is basically 3-4 times a week. Pledge a military fraternity and during that semester it will be 5 days a week.
Theoretically yes you can get it done, but I hope by reading all of these posts that you will see it is a waste of time.
Lastly, I want to address something patent and clarkson stated, both had the same opinion, but different perspectives.
Again the fact is when you attend college you are not seen as a KID anymore. Profs will not view you like that hs kid. This will be the 1st time in your life they will accept you in the "real world". We may not want to address the elephant in the room, but the fact is 1st impressions matter. Image is a part of that. For our generation, a generation that will be reviewing you, piercings for a male in this community is seen in a negative light. They will see it as a youthful indiscretion, but for many in the back of their mind they will be saying "what was he thinking?" How could he get his ears pierced 3 months ago, and not know that it is against regs? Which brings it back to questioning your judgment. Being a leader in the military is about judgment.
WOW...its been a tough few days for my DS. First he finds out he can't wear his 25m swimming badge on his uniform and now he has to remove his Prince Albert. Well at least he can still wear nail polish in the Army, thank heavens for small mercies.
hmmmmmmm........that has got me thinking.......the Army should be OK with his perm shouldn't they I mean he can wear it in a Pony Tail if its a problem.
WOW...its been a tough few days for my DS. First he finds out he can't wear his 25m swimming badge on his uniform and now he has to remove his Prince Albert. Well at least he can still wear nail polish in the Army, thank heavens for small mercies.
ALright, to everyone who thinks their funny, I even said in my original post OUT OF UNIFORM. Officers drink OUT OF UNIFORM, so why does it seem so wierd if a college kid wants to go to a party, look good, and is NOT IN UNIFORM, with a his ears pierced. Obviously I wouldn't wear them infront of the PMS or in uniform.
ALright, to everyone who thinks their funny, I even said in my original post OUT OF UNIFORM. Officers drink OUT OF UNIFORM, so why does it seem so wierd if a college kid wants to go to a party, look good, and is NOT IN UNIFORM, with a his ears pierced. Obviously I wouldn't wear them infront of the PMS or in uniform.
You received some very sound advice here. If you must wear an earring to "look good", you should wear a "clip-on" so you don't scar your ear or have to take other measures to keep the hole from sealing up.
I expect that when you are 30, when it is no longer "cool" to wear an earring, you may not have an earring any more -- but you will still have a scar.
I think Pima said it best. The time has come to exercise sound judgment.
This post was not intended to be funny.