US Navy now allows women to wear ponytails, lock hairstyles
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July 12, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said it makes the Navy more inclusive.
Many black women had asked for changes to the female grooming standards. A female sailor, Yeoman First Class LaToya Jones, announced the new policy during a Facebook Live event Tuesday with Richardson. The new standards went into effect Wednesday.
Lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, are also now allowed. Wider hair buns too....
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