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Soembody who knows how needs to fix the succession box for this article. -- TommyBoy 06:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Task completed, cleanup tag removed. -- TommyBoy 11:50, 16 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Why did he banned beards in the US navy and coast guard? Le Anh-Huy 05:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Why did he banned beards in the US navy and coast guard? Le Anh-Huy 05:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Admiral Yost banned beards in the U.S. Coast Guard only. He was not an admiral in the Navy, and therefore did not possess that kind of authority over Navy personnel. At the time Adm. Yost banned beards in the Coast Guard, that service was the only armed force still allowing beards. The Navy had stopped this practice approximately a decade earlier.

Some critics claim Adm. Yost did this based on his adherence to Mormonism (The Latter Day Saints strongly discourage the wearing of any kind of facial hair.), but more practical reasons may have played a role. As the article states, Yost wanted to guide the Coast Guard toward a more military role and away from the humanitarian/life-saving missions the service is also charged with performing - and the banning of beards only made sense to bring it in accord with the other four U.S. armed forces.

Even when beards were allowed before the ban, it was restricted. Permission needed to be granted by the personnel's commanding officer, and many functions - especially shipboard billets - did not allow for a beard. The requirement to wear gas masks or an artificial breathing apparatus are two prime examples. Wiki wrangler ( talk) 04:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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