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Lining Up for the Fort Jackson Fade

  • Defense.gov
  • April 5, 2019 | 1:00

Hector Morales is a barber at Fort Jackson, S.C. Most male trainees entering the Army’s Basic Combat Training there will meet him as they sit in his barber seat. About 30,000 troops a year get their first military haircut from Morales.

Video by SSgt Neal Uranga and SSG Edwin Pierce