U.S. Army soldiers who rely on prolonged shaving waivers could potentially face separation under a new policy. That could particularly impact Black soldiers who rely on waivers to avoid a skin ...

The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that causes painful razor bumps and scarring to be kicked out of the service -- an ...

A new US Army directive issued on July 7 — requiring all soldiers to be clean shaven while on duty unless they have an approved religious accommodation to keep a beard — may pose problems for some men ...

The new face of the military will be one without facial hair, even if that means enduring painful razor bumps. Service members who require a medical shaving waiver for more than one year must be ...

Picture yourself as an infantry Soldier on the front lines in large-scale combat. Unlike your predecessors in the war on terrorism, who enjoyed ...

The Army is eliminating permanent shaving waivers and will boot soldiers who can't meet grooming requirements, even those with medical conditions that make shaving painful or harmful, a controversial ...

Marines who receive beard waivers for over a year may be subject to administrative separation, according to new guidance released this week. Here, a soldier shaves his face during a 2017 shaving ...

Three more men filed complaints against the Army seeking $5 million each for failing to protect patients from misconduct by a military doctor facing a court-martial in one of the largest sexual abuse ...

Women injured in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq died at higher rates than their male peers with the same injuries, often because medics were hesitating to treat them, medical researchers found. To end ...