Pain in the bun: hair troubles of the female Marine

When thinking of the phrase “rise and shine,” the sounds of birds chirping, a cool breeze blowing through the window and waking up to that beautiful morning-rise is what comes to mind. However, in the world of female Marines, we wake up to something a little different.

The buzz of the alarm clock, the fast-pace morning-tempo, and of course, the well anticipated and dreaded hour behind the mirror in an attempt to get that picture-perfect, Marine Corps-standard female style bun, is a more accurate definition of our mornings.

Of course the Marine Corps created the alternate option of “cutting it...