Induction day, Orlando Fla.
They skin yer head and start the bootcamp process of making you all the “same”
I was the only one with hair in my platoon.
Outraged cue balls all around the barracks demanded how I got special treatment!
I said I looked at the chart of official Naval haircuts, pointed at one and said give me that one.
The barber complied.
That said, years later they tried to write me up for a marine corp “high and tight” saying it was extreme.
I did the same thing..
Pointed out that the Marines are a part of the Navy and this is a regulation haircut.
Sometimes you ask.
Sometimes you demand.
Knowing the rules is knowing the rules. How can you argue....LOL!