Article Title: Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says
Article Excerpt: "...“The grooming standard set by the U.S. military is to be clean shaven and neat in presentation for a proper military appearance,” he wrote.
“The Department must remain vigilant in maintaining the grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos.” ... John Hoskins further tested those boundaries — and was denied — when he applied for a beard exemption as part of his strict devotion to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a faith also known as “Pastafarianism.”"
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