Why do they call Marines "jarheads"?
Jarhead is a nickname for United States Marines personnel, due to their regulation high and tight haircut. It is mainly because they all have a uniform haircut that is called jar head. ChaCha!
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Regarding the term Jarhead, it found its origins in the high, dress blues, collar of the Marine uniform, that it refers (MORE)
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We do call ourselves JARHEADS but it is not the hair cut alone that gets us the nickname. More???
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