Reconsider changing Female Grooming Standards for all Military Branches to allow professional ethinic hair styles.

More than 30% of females serving in the military are of a race other than white. As of 2011, 36% of females in the U.S. stated that they are natural, or refrain from chemically processing their hair. Females with natural hair take strides to style their natural hair in a professional manner when necessary; however, existing regulations for all Military Branches offer little to no options for females with natural hair. Unauthorized hairstyles include two strand twists, flat twists; as well as dreadlocks, which are defined as "any matted or locked coils or ropes of hair." . Many ethinic hair styles may be worn professionally, neat in appearance and with proper fit of head gear; more so than wearing wigs.These new changes are racially biased and the lack of regard for ethnic hair is apparent.