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

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I think it's a good practice to have the Air Force generals behaving in much the same way. I should know better than to pay any attention to Hollywood's version of the Air Force :)

Mostly, I wanted to know about the general attitudes. It says a lot about how one is expected to behave if there's no gum chewing allowed.