Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[Turkish007]

Estonian soldier, Helmand, Afghanistan.

They allow beards and moustaches in the Estonian Army?

[PanzerKnacker]

Very unlikely that it's allowed in the regulations, but many soldiers at the front (Afghanistan) don't follow all the regulations, especially the ones about shaving.

"No combat-ready unit ever passed inspection,
No inspection-ready unit ever passed combat."

[THeTA0123]

Israeli Panzer 4, kfir devision

[Tankbuster]

Wait, they require beards and Mustaches to be shaved in most armies. Strange.

[Kalkalash]

Estonian soldier, Helmand, Afghanistan.

They allow beards and moustaches in the Estonian Army?

Facial hair gets you more trust from the locals.

Wait, they require beards and Mustaches to be shaved in most armies. Strange.

Hygiene.

[siben]

Wait, they require beards and Mustaches to be shaved in most armies. Strange.

Hygiene.

Also, gas masks don't work well with facial hair.

[PanzerKnacker]

also uniformity

[Tankbuster]

Estonian soldier, Helmand, Afghanistan.

They allow beards and moustaches in the Estonian Army?

Facial hair gets you more trust from the locals.

Wait, they require beards and Mustaches to be shaved in most armies. Strange.

Hygiene.

Well, obviously you have to maintain your facial hair, but shaving it off is OTT.

[hOMEr_jAy]

Also, gas masks don't work well with facial hair.

As someone who sports a beard (though not as long as the Estonian soldiers) and has done tightness tests with his gas mask, I have to disagree with your statement. Also shaving in the field can be problematic. Small cuts etc. can lead to nasty skin irritations if you can´t properly wash (which you barely can if you´re actually out in the field). During our field trips in basic noone shaved, we only got a "proper" shave once we were back in the barracks and were properly clean.

[Ciupita]

Yeah, the local people don't trust men without beards basically.. Shaving is against their interpretation of Islam. It's not mentioned in Quran but some Hadiths ban shaving your beard.



SEALs prior to Operation Red Wings, summer 2005, (L to R): Matthew Axelson, Daniel R. Healy, James Suh, Marcus Luttrell, Eric S. Patton, Michael P. Murphy

[Turkish007]

Q1: What does the flag say?
Q2: Who could provide me more photos of the use of G3 during the Iran-Iraq War?

[hOMEr_jAy]

[Korsakov829]

The flag doesn't make much sense to me. From what I know it says something like pain or some other kind of feeling, but since I don't understand diacritics well that's probably wrong.

[Ciupita]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29

[Dukat]

Battleship, April 4th, 1917. No further info given.