📰 military-lifeTask & PurposeWednesday, July 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM UTCyesterday

Navy imposes 1-year limit on medical shaving waivers

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The new Navy policy requires sailors with conditions such as pseudofolliculitis barbae, which overwhelming affects Black men, to be clean shaven after one year of medical treatment

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