VeteransLife
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Most Americans have the opposite view. A full thick beard is a sign of weakness. It's makeup for dudes. 😂 You can have some hair but it should be well groomed.
I was watching a documentary of Afghanistan, and how the locals knew the "bearded men" fought differently. They for sure knew it was a different type of fire fight, and that they were not to be messed with (probably JTAC).
Thank God for special forces
Psychological Warfare! Wearing skull and goblin mask was used and still used, in ops, to terrorize the enemy!!
from 1 tier 1 to another. it absolutely served a purpose this man is speaking truth. it was our choice to have or not have a beard. but it did have effects. especially when we had no brain buckets on neither. and even better when we were on horseback and Spoke there natives tounge
Tyrant government
Maybe because it helps with camouflage. Blend in. Just saying 🤔
Long beards were a social status in the viking era for a reason.
means I do what I want.
yup.
I Support and Recruit for SF!! Bad Ass!! Free the Oppressed!!
mercenaries guys. real killers for a pay
And Hegseth is going to put a stop to beards
That being said special forces as good as they all are are but a fraction of the force brought to bear conventional troops always carry the lion share of the work
time to shave you can thank Pete
little. girl. can't grow. beard. 😁😁😁
no one is scared
A lot of COD players in the comments...lol
That’s the way we roll (US special forces)💪🏻
a beard or a ponytail gives your attacker something nice control you with
Vlad the Impaler mentality
😎🤌🏻🫡thank you for your services ✊🏻🇺🇸
while wearing the dish dash, and bearded, it gave you the 2 to 3 sec head start in a gun fight
yeah they weren't too scared were they? We lost. Afghanistan is where empires go to die. It's been that way throughout their history.
cap, its to blend in has nothing to do with looking mean
😳 Bro! It's The Ponytails That Scared Them, Not The Beard.
in war times you follow your own rules.
imagine if a sniper in enemy territory had to worry about whether or not hes shaved in the past day or 2.
makes sense to me
NHL players that made it to the playoffs start letting their beards grow and they wear it as far as they can get through.
wrong wrong you're trying to look like a freaking caveman Viking
special warfare to the rescue
Our guys keeping phycos in check
I always figured it was to help blend in better and be able to hide their identities easier. maybe there's multiple reasons, it does make sense for these guys needing to be intimidating when they have to go negotiate or deal with locals
yt view of beards as if they are vukings
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My husband always had a beard. he was in special forces out of fort Bragg... now our son wears a beard because he looks like his daddy.....
Special forces require special freedoms.
Thank you please come back home safe.. God bless you your always welcome at my house Scooby Doo and you’re here I was never that person but I know the word
Very TRUE!!
Nothing works every single time. Soldiers are dumb. Almost as dumb as truckers .
It's also a part of covert operations because when they're not in uniform nobody would ever suspect them of being military because they don't adhere to the typical stereotype image that most people, especially nations who don't know, Imagine when they think of military/sailors/soldiers.
incorrect. it's military code, unless being used to "blend in", like in Afghanistan and Iraq
oh no he's got a beard he's scary 😂😂😂
Better have american beer. hulk ✝️
Intimidation tactic
its not rare too have a beard tho..
Except SF in real life is mostly “potatoes”…stout short scary dudes that can hump 150lbs of gear 100km.
I don’t know any men without beards 😤
that's also the reason white men that didn't serve in the special forces wear them in America. In hopes that it intimidates people. Your struggle is real 😅