Jarhead
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Jarhead is a nickname for United States Marines personnel, due to their regulation high and tight
haircut
Jarhead may also refer to:
High and tight
The high and tight is a military variant of the buzz cut. It is a very short hairstyle most commonly worn by men in the armed forces of most countries. Due to the functionality of this hairstyle, it is also popular with law enforcement officers and other public safety personnel...
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Jarhead may also refer to:
- Jarhead (book)Jarhead (book)Jarhead is a Gulf War memoir by author Anthony Swofford. After leaving military service, the author went on to college and earned a Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the University of Iowa.- Synopsis :...
, US Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 Gulf War memoir - Jarhead (film)Jarhead (film)Jarhead is a 2005 biographical drama war film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 1991 Gulf War memoir of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with co-stars Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, and Chris Cooper. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to...
, the 2005 film adaptation of Swofford's book