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

[practical-puss.livejournal.com]

Going by mt cousin (Army) HELL NO. I'm not sure if it's actually against any one rule, but gum chewing is really, really not encouraged. And dress uniforms are taken kind of seriously. Battle dress uniforms get considerably less respect. Smoking is a little better (more manly) but you still wouldn't want to get caught.