PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 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 ...

For men, getting their head shaved on the first day of Navy boot camp has been a rite of passage for decades. Women are also required to get first-day haircuts to ensure their hair is trimmed to ...

WASHINGTON — Give the scissors a rest for a while. The United States Navy is trying out a new style. Newly-enlisted women will no longer have to cut their hair short, under a pilot program in effect ...

The Navy is temporarily halting the practice of cutting female recruits’ hair short when they arrive at boot camp. Some female sailors have complained that the short haircuts they receive do not ...

The Navy has expanded its hair rules for female sailors, now permitting braids, ponytails and lock hairstyles. Women in the Navy will also be allowed to wear wider hair buns under the new rules that ...

In addition to adding two-strand braids, a popular choice for blackAfrica-American women, female sailors with longer hair will now have an easier time getting their buns within regulations, according ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- 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 ...