Hello...

I know AR 670-1 prohibits the wearing of earrings for males in uniform or out of uniform but still on duty and etc....

But what about getting your ears pierced OFF post OFF duty? Is there any regulations?

Huh? What?

You want to get a hole in your ear?

And how will that be of benefit? If you're serving, most of the time you'll be in uniform and banned from piercings so that you will have to remove rings, pins, studs or other sh*t stuck in you.. the longer you have the holes' exposed' the more likely they'll just close up again and you'll have trouble getting the rings, etc. back in for the limited times when you might actually get to swan about with the ' hint of bling' jutting, dangling from your ear [ it IS your ear you want to have drilled, right? ]..

unless you're in the Navy and are hoping to give off the aura of ' pirate ', ' manly ear stud' is an oxymoron and someone, sometime in a bar - discussion - will latch on to it and yank with predictable results...the rest of the time you'll have to leave it out or walk about with a bandaid stuck over it to satisfy regs and the Sgt.'s evil eye [ if that's even allowed ]..

stupid idea..

save it to when you're discharged and ' finding yourself' after re-integrating into 'civvie street '..

[ grumble, mumble.. kids, bah!...back in my day...piercings?.. what's wrong with a nice garish and indecent tattoo, or is that only for females these days? ]

Nurse!.. more beer, the drip bag's getting low...

Hmmmm,

Body piercing. When on any Army installation or other places under Army control, soldiers may not attach, affix,
or display objects, articles, jewelry, or ornamentation to or through the skin while they are in uniform, in civilian
clothes on duty, or in civilian clothes off duty (this includes earrings for male soldiers).

This is taken directly from the regulation AR-670-1 page 9 chapter 1-14.

As a Marine Corps Gunny, I had a really nice collection of earrings along with earlobes still attacthed to them, so go ahead and get yer ears pierced as I sure wouldn't want to deprive a fellow NCO the opportunity to start his own earring and earlobe collection.

Reckon it's a good thing you weren't asking about tittie rings?

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hmmmm, looks like under pressure bailed?

Men who wear earrings are not men and should be burnt at the stake.

I'm not against men wearing earrings and body piercing and such, I am against Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines disobeying regulations and then blaming the NCO's, SNCO's, and Officers when they get nailed for it.

I second the gunny on that

i'll take over for under_pressure. i'm currently in the military and have both my ears pierced and stretched to a 00 Guage. for the uneducated a 00 is about 9-10 cm. as thegunny quoted from the AR the key thing to look at is "When on any Army installation". as with most rules there is always a loop hole, which cause a topic for debate. correct me if i'm wrong, but all AR's are subject to interpretation and commander discretion, right?
Either way, like i said, the reg is clear when it says, When on an Army installation. just to be courtious, if an NCO see's me with anything in my ears, and decides to quote the reg i quickly respond with i know what the reg says, and offer to remove them if they find it that offensive.

on a side note, if NCO's think that males with piercings are so against the regs, they need to look at all these soldiers with tattoos out of regs. there are far more soldiers with visible tattoos on the neck and wrists that are out of regs than males with piercings.

Just one question why is it so important for you to find a loophole in a Regulation or order from your NCO or Command.

Excellent question Sully!

That is a great question, but it's not really about finding loopholes it's about interpretation. Seems like a lot of people interpret this regulation as males are never to wear piercings ever, whether they are on post or off. The AR is clear on what it says and i was merely clearifying that it doesn't matter if someone thinks that piercings are dis-tasteful, but that as long as they're not worn on post or in uniform there is nothing against males with piercings.

Yes, the regulation is clear and as written it does allow for one to skirt it as long as one is not on post and not in uniform.

I have always been of the opinion of police yourself so others won't be forced to.

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Originally posted by thegunny:

I have always been of the opinion of police yourself so others won't be forced to.

Now you're just making good sense, Gunny!

I like a man with piercings and such, but think it would not look right in both combat and dress uniforms. It does seem that it would be a danger during training exercises, and if you don’t like the rules of the military then don’t join. In this day in age is really is a simple as that.

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Ink is much sexier on nearly everyone. It takes much more thought, and balls to get a tattoo, than it does a hole in one’s body.

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