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Mustache March ends, but controversy lingers

The Air Force Times reports:

Whether you participated in Mustache March with your unit or under Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh’s Air Force-wide challenge, the month has ended and your razors await.

In Welsh’s travels to various bases throughout the month, he found many embracing the activity, from uniformed airmen, to pregnant spouses with mustaches painted on their stomachs, to airmen who had written songs about Mustache March.

“That’s the whole point, gang, reminding ourselves we can have a little fun while we accomplish the mission,” Welsh wrote on his official Facebook page, where he also posted photos sent to him of airmen — and others — with mustaches real and fake. Welsh plans to announce the winners, nominated by major commands, via social media on Tuesday or Wednesday, said Megan Schafer, his communications adviser.

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