Military question

[mhalachai]

So I'm just rewatching the Stargate movie, and since I know better than to trust Hollywood for (American) military accuracy, a question:

Would anyone, officer or enlisted man, be chewing gum while on duty in their dress uniform? I know the military has many, many regulations on appearance and behavior while on duty, but do they address gum chewing? How about cigarette smoking?

So many irrelevant questions, so little patience for Google...

Comments

[roga.livejournal.com]

In the Israeli army it's fine. Like, you wouldn't chew gum in the middle of a meeting with your commander because it's impolite - unless they're chewing gum too - but otherwise it's fine. And, you know, semi OT :-)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid and we got caught chewing gum in class, the teacher would tell us that we could only chew gum if we brought enough for everyone. I suppose that would apply with a commanding officer as well :)