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Of interesting note, you can get in a mess of trouble in the military by not handling your headgear properly. Forget to remove it indoors, people will immediately call you on it. Walk around outdoors without it, hoo boy, cardinal sin.
I found myself being glared at by one of my superiors while walking through a parking lot yesterday. He pointed at his head as he drove by and I immediately froze in my tracks...I'd forgot my cap in my car!(this is somewhat more common with flightline personnel as we can't wear stuff that'll get sucked into a $5 million jet engine and wipe the thing out). I made a beeline back and retrieved it before anyone else caught me. Had someone higher up the food chain seen me, I'd have been the victim of far more than a hard stare.
There are pages upon pages of military regulation dictating dress and appearance, and courtesey. Many will think of military members as barbarians, but off the battlefield, we're polite barbarians. Please, thank you, yes ma'am, no sir. Even out of uniform the habits stick.
I found myself being glared at by one of my superiors while walking through a parking lot yesterday. He pointed at his head as he drove by and I immediately froze in my tracks...I'd forgot my cap in my car!(this is somewhat more common with flightline personnel as we can't wear stuff that'll get sucked into a $5 million jet engine and wipe the thing out). I made a beeline back and retrieved it before anyone else caught me. Had someone higher up the food chain seen me, I'd have been the victim of far more than a hard stare.
There are pages upon pages of military regulation dictating dress and appearance, and courtesey. Many will think of military members as barbarians, but off the battlefield, we're polite barbarians. Please, thank you, yes ma'am, no sir. Even out of uniform the habits stick.