You know this loses the impact when the actual issue memos and orders his office already issued admit Special Operations, the guys who ironically would probably look closer to Norse Pagans tattoo wise. Get a pass on the no beards thing. I mean technically it has to be for “validated mission-essential requirements”. Though they conveniently didn’t really define that. The only exception being dealing with a potentially CBRN situation. Then they have to be clean shaven.

The grooming standards are mostly for the Enlisted and Regular Officers. As per usual.