WASHINGTON – Marines are going to great lengths to maintain their trademark high-and-tight hair cuts. Despite social distancing and other Defense Department policies on coronavirus prevention, Marines are still lining up at barbershops at some bases around the country, at times standing only a foot or two apart, with few masks in sight.
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper acknowledged it's tough to enforce new virus standards with a 2.2 million force spread out all over the world. “Our challenge is to get out there and educate the chain of command," Esper said during a Pentagon news conference.
Esper said he provided broad guidance about following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and other heath protections, but