Do they still allow beards in the Navy? My former brother in law was on the Constellation (I think). He had a gnarly beard, :lol:.
Weeeellllll, yes, but not for public view.
As a fundraising event for our Morale, Welfare, and Recreation fund (MWR - the fund that subsidized sailor activities that didn't have to do with drinking or strip clubs on port calls) we would fork over $5-10 for a "shave chit" which allowed us to grow beards/mustaches while underway. Conditions were you had to leave enough skin exposed to provide for an emergency air mask seal and if you were topside for any reason while we were surfaced, you had to shave off the beard. And finally - everybody had to shave the night before we pulled into port.