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

[kira-snugz.livejournal.com]

our last base was norad run, which meant mixed crew. and the Americans were ruthless about gum. just in reg dress, you could only get away with it if it was a quitting smoking aid, and you needed a drs note.

if you get caught doing it in dress they did have fines.

this is the USAF though and the branches all have different rules for that stuff.