Looks good, made me think of an officer in the civil war type of look. igohigh we had the same rules about beards in the RAF and was told the same excuse many times (i hated shaving ;o) i found out though that it is true, a friend i met late in my career was allowed a beard due to scarring but was told to shave in time of war, well anyway he was supposed to be excused the gas chamber part of the mask training but a nasty RAF regiment sgt made him go in anyway (he didn't believe it would matter either)..well he didn't stop coughing for 2 hours and i've never seen a redder pair of eyes LOL, tear gas BTW....Steve