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Men of the maritime or naval business, especially [[Father Neptune|the more experienced ones]], will usually grow beards. It's more an issue of practicality- shaving requires fresh water, and you have to conserve this on a ship. But in any case it is one way to tell that a character is a real [[Father Neptune]].
For [[Pirate]] [[The Captain|Captains]], a prominent beard is so obligatory that you have a high probability of [[Captain Color Beard|being named after it]]. [[Real Life]] [[Trope Maker|gave us]] [
Any character sporting this is guaranteed to [[Talk Like a Pirate]]. [[Techno Babble|Something about the way the densely packed follicles baffle the sound waves...]] Combine with [[Beard of Barbarism]] for pirates.
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* In the Royal Navy, you can have a beard and moustache, or be clean shaven. That's all the choice you have.
* The US Navy actually prohibits beards among sailors- due to the need to get a gas mask on.
** Beards were a bit of a naval tradition in the Royal Navy, and in the US Navy (since the latter was pretty much based on the former). During Zumwalt's term as the American Chief of Naval Operations, beards were re-authorized for American Navy personnel, though they've been banned since. This rule does not appear to stop [
*** It's fairly common for commanders of special forces units to turn a blind eye to shaving regulations. It's almost an unspoken rule that they've "earned the right" due to the particularly grueling and dangerous work they do.
*** It also helps them do their job in places like Afghanistan, where most men have beards. Beards are considered an essential sign of masculinity in Afghan culture and many Afghans won't take a clean-shaven man seriously.
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