Mustache March

Apparently the Air Force has a tradition of growing "barely within grooming standards" mustaches in March (hence the title of this post).  At the morning brief Feb 29th our Air Liaison Officer on staff gave us all the brief and invited us to participate.  Since few folks in the Army have mustaches I figure there's some sort of bias against mustaches in general around here, so I of course have jumped in with both feet, er, one lip - anything to buck the system. So, as of yesterday (we were to have been clean shaven March 1st) I have quit shaving my upper lip and am growing a mustache for the first time since I was a Lieutenant.

I'm curious how this is going to turn out.  My kids always laughed at my attempts before (I would grow one on det and it would be a surprise when I came home) because it would always come in a little reddish-orangish - quite odd when you consider my hair is dark, dark brown.  The other curious part is when I don't shave sometimes for a weekend back home, the whiskers on my chin are a lot more salt than pepper so I'm wondering if this thing is going to come in like a white caterpillar or worse.

Right now it just looks like a little shadow under my nose, but rest assured, I'll begin posting some pictures to keep you all up to date with Mustache March!  I tell you what, it's some exciting times here in Baghdad these days!

Cheers, Pearl