The following are the AR 670-1 Jewelry – Earrings Updates included in the Army Directive 2025-18 Regulation Changes for 2025 & 2026
a. Male Soldiers.
Male Soldiers are not authorized to wear earrings while in any military uniform or while on duty in civilian attire.
b. Female Soldiers.
Female Soldiers are authorized to wear earrings in the ACU, dress, and service uniforms.
No other facial or visible piercings, aside from authorized earrings worn on the earlobe, are permitted in any uniform.
Clear nose ring gauges and nose ring retainers are not authorized.
(1)
Earrings must be worn as a matched pair, with only one earring per standard earlobe, and are not authorized to be worn in the cartilage, industrial, transverse lobe, tragus, or conch part of the ear.
(2)
Stud earrings may be screw-on, clip-on, or post-type earrings in gold, silver, clear diamond, or white/ivory pearl.
The earring will not exceed 6 millimeters or 1/4 inch in diameter (defined as the straight-line distance across the center of the earring, measured from one edge to the opposite edge), and they must be unadorned (plain), spherical (round), or square (for example, princess cut).
(3)
When worn, the earrings will fit snugly against the ear.
Hoop, two-sided, or drop earrings are not authorized.
(4)
Earrings are not authorized to be worn during physical fitness activities, in tactical/field environments, during combat or operational-related deployments, or in locations where access to regular hygiene is not available.
Earrings are not authorized in the APFU.