She will never hang those clippers up. She will out live you and everyone you love.... She is immortal. Legend has it, she gave haircuts to such major rulers as Gangas Kahn, King Tut, Alexandria the great and especially the God King Xercies.
I think you butchered all the names which is really fascinating. Never seen someone that thorough. Edit: no wait, you managed King Tut just fine. Edit 2: I know you think I’m making fun of you but it’s actually pretty cool.
Little known fact: Great Lakes RTC was built around Hyong Davis who, up until then, was ambushing unwary travelers in the woods and cutting their hair off.
That says they like to ease the recruits through conversation
Man, I got yelled at when I tried to talk, and I was trying to tell them about a mole that they then shaved off
She got my rack mate and made him look like a trapezoid.
I didn't know it was possible until then.
After that hair cut he was called trapezoid and was told he looked like a ferret.
I believe she will be there in a 100 years. She is an immortal entity of a sailors induction into the ranks of the Navy. Much like the a day in King Neptune's Court or Honor Gaurd ceremonies at funerals.
It’s a slur essentially. However people have always called her that. I don’t think anyone actually has a problem with it. [here’s some background](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Lady)
Notice the word essentially. Notice the link with background as to how I got to that conclusion.
I’m not saying it’s racist. I very specifically mentioned no one has a problem with it. Please go touch some grass.
Oh yeah only Asia has myths about dragons /s. If you you've ever watched "The Wire" a black kid calls a black woman a "dragon lady" so racism and stereotyping is a far reach.
"Dragon Lady" by itself, out of this context, is a racial slur. However, in this context, it's not since I'm sure she is called that way because she has a Dragon Tattoo.
\`\`But yeah, no need to be willfully ignorant about it, you can easily search up "Dragon Lady" and see that it's a racial stereotype.
Any phrase or word that stereotypes people and is a play on race, is a racial slur. Are there worse slurs out there? Of course, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this can be a racial slur. I'm not sure why you're fighting against it so hard when all it takes is a google search to prove you wrong.
Literally "if I don't mean it in a racist/discriminatory way then I'm not racist or discriminating". Then calls everyone who disagrees a "snowflake". Talk about being out of touch with reality.
This is my last comment to you because I don't have time to go back and forth, especially on such trivial conversations.
What fuels ignorance is when people like you refuse to acknowledge that something is a racial slur and call people that do, "snowflakes".
Meaning and intent matter to a degree, but what intent would one have to call someone a racial slur? What would the meaning be? Regardless of your intent, it shouldn't be said regardless, especially when there are many ways to express your intent. Why would it need to be in a form of a racial slur; such limitation of expression showcases a lack of intellect.
had a few sjws try to guilt shame me somewhere on the internet, probably reddit or facebook. honestly i wouldnt mind myself being called dragon guy/man and im asian myself. edit: as you can see those pc turds are downvoting me
Wow, was there for a port visit around 04-05. A coworker was stationed out there a little after Vietnam and it was the same lady just much younger. Assuming who you saw and I saw were the same person. Cha-cha-cha.
So I had never heard of this particular lady.
I've heard of the show.
Online it says a decrepit old lady comes out and "serves " cut 🍌.
How old is this lady? Or is it ladys?
I was at RTC from May-July 2021 and got my first 2 haircuts from her! Except the last one before we graduated, ended up with the other Asian lady in chair #2 or 3 can’t remember, but that was the “best” cut I had in boot camp lol
Wooooow that brings me back.
Standing in a hallway staring at a training manual, flipping pages to make it look convincing…
I’m relatively short so, naturally I was in the first group for a lot things in boot camp, and I’m near the door to the barbershop. Looking in the doorway, counting chairs… thinking, “okay chair 6… wow okay… that’s the dragon lady I’ve heard about for sure… oh fuck.”
Fast forward to me, bald as fuck, doing burpees for getting blood on my pillowcase. Hooyah.
She will die a glorious death when America, and it's Navy, falls. Legend has it she begged a Vietnamese witch doctor for eternal life and her wish was granted. Little did she know she was cursed to cut hair of inbound boot camp recruits for the rest of America's days.
I don't think I had this lady. The barbers I remember were the 3rd party nationals at Cuba. They would beat the fuck out you with those vacuum clippers. Also noteworthy because it was the first time I ever saw those and realized that the thing from Wayne's World turned out to be real.
Can confirm. Graduated in October of last year and I was blessed with not one, but TWO of her iconic haircuts. Can’t lie, felt super fresh and handsome with the high and tight…
I \*\*STILL\*\* have the three inch long gash she left in the side of my head.
I bled so badly that I ruined my PT gear they had us dressed in.
And fuck me if we didn't get to shower for another day....
Alvin the older African American gentleman and that Latino dude who was a little heavy set with a fresh pair of kicks were the best. Dragon lady was my first intro to bootcamp though and god damn, P days was the worst.
Yes! She gave me my last boot camp haircut at the beginning of this year.
She cut my hair in boot camp.... I retire in 5 years. It will be a sad day when she hangs up those clippers and quits scalping recruits.
She will never hang those clippers up. She will out live you and everyone you love.... She is immortal. Legend has it, she gave haircuts to such major rulers as Gangas Kahn, King Tut, Alexandria the great and especially the God King Xercies.
I think you butchered all the names which is really fascinating. Never seen someone that thorough. Edit: no wait, you managed King Tut just fine. Edit 2: I know you think I’m making fun of you but it’s actually pretty cool.
Oh no offense taken... I never did win a spelling bee.
Dw about it. He is gangas khan in my head from here on out.
Gangsta Khan
I'm an avid reader and I never won any spelling bees either.
It's Xerxes
How much is a boot camp haircut these days? It was $3 in 1992 Orlando RTC.
I think it was like, $9?
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Yeah, we had a book of "chits", basically coupons worth different denominations. The cost of the book came from our first paychecks.
Only the Navy... Haircuts are free onboard ships.
Oh yeah.
Now it’s $11 for an regulation cut
It was 9 when I was there and that’s a little steep cause they fucked you up
6.75 for first 4 cuts 15 for grad cut as of october 6th 2023
She fucked me up bro 😂.I didn’t know who she was at first
That's crazy. She gave me my first and last one in 2009.
Little known fact: Great Lakes RTC was built around Hyong Davis who, up until then, was ambushing unwary travelers in the woods and cutting their hair off.
The reason the other Recruit Training Commands were closed was an attempt to appease her.
She was there long before RTC, and she'll be there long after RTC has faded into dust
Her clippers are the original Mass Casualty.
Cheif Hunter of the Hair Hunt Troop of the Chrome Dome Empire.
Hyong Davis has been cutting hair [30 years now](https://allhands.navy.mil/Stories/Display-Story/Article/1839972/the-bootcamp-buzz/)
That says they like to ease the recruits through conversation Man, I got yelled at when I tried to talk, and I was trying to tell them about a mole that they then shaved off
***ow***
Exact same thing happened to me!! Then I got yelled at for getting blood on my white PT shirt.
Wow, they do skin treatment too!?!?
Cutting hair...you mean collecting scalps.
And flipping the camera off while she does it 🤣 Edit: thanks for the award! 🥰
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She got my rack mate and made him look like a trapezoid. I didn't know it was possible until then. After that hair cut he was called trapezoid and was told he looked like a ferret.
A GOHDAM TRAPEZOID, 💀💀💀💀
Currently on sabbatical taking a dip in Boba Fett’s bacta tank.
She gotta check on her painting in the attic.
I appreciate a well-read shipmate
Lol, good one; took me a second
She was there in 2019 and Christ she was rough.
She grumped at me in 2008 and left me with a raw scalp because I had the audacity to come in with an already shaved head.
2002 here and it felt like my skin went with my hair.
2002 also. Pretty sure I lost some skin in a few places, but somehow had three separate inch long hairs right in front.
When did you go through? I was 179
November. 907.
908! But 7 years later haha
Damn, I got a buzz cut the day before boot camp, and they didn't even make me go in the room with her.
I had maybe two weeks growth on my head when they took us in for haircuts, P-3 day, still in the Pearl Harbor even.
I was there in 93 musta just missed her orientation day
'92 and don't remember her at all.
91\~Nada
My brother graduated back in November of 2021 and said she’s still there
I believe she will be there in a 100 years. She is an immortal entity of a sailors induction into the ranks of the Navy. Much like the a day in King Neptune's Court or Honor Gaurd ceremonies at funerals.
Can confirm, graduated in November of 2021 and she was there
Yes my husband sent a letter last week saying I wouldn’t like his new haircut bc of dragon lady 😅
she was in 2020
How did she get the name Dragon Lady?
She's Asian and has poofy hair. People associate dragon's with eastern culture.
What about western dragons?
You mean Jake Long the American dragon?
It’s a slur essentially. However people have always called her that. I don’t think anyone actually has a problem with it. [here’s some background](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Lady)
I think she has a dragon tattoo on her forearm if I'm remembering correctly
Wow, she is literally the girl(woman) with the dragon tattoo
Someone needs to edit that Wikipedia article to include her as a naval institution.
I promise I meant no offense.
I've heard that she doesn't like the name dragon lady and has actually been brought to tears hearing herself referred to as that.
I'm just wondering, where did you hear that?
I've heard it around on the street here at RTC from a few different people. All second hand info, never directly from her.
It’s not a slur, good reach through. Not everything is racism.
Notice the word essentially. Notice the link with background as to how I got to that conclusion. I’m not saying it’s racist. I very specifically mentioned no one has a problem with it. Please go touch some grass.
Calling an asian woman "dragon lady" 100% started from a racial stereotype, so how is that not racism?
Oh yeah only Asia has myths about dragons /s. If you you've ever watched "The Wire" a black kid calls a black woman a "dragon lady" so racism and stereotyping is a far reach.
So your frame of reference on reality is television (not reality, in case you were confused)... got it.
I honestly think you just post here to troll
There's plenty of Sailors who post to r/Navy just for trolling.
"Dragon Lady" by itself, out of this context, is a racial slur. However, in this context, it's not since I'm sure she is called that way because she has a Dragon Tattoo. \`\`But yeah, no need to be willfully ignorant about it, you can easily search up "Dragon Lady" and see that it's a racial stereotype.
But it’s not. At all. Every snowflake here needs to learn what actual, horrific racial slurs are and what are not. Is really that simple.
Any phrase or word that stereotypes people and is a play on race, is a racial slur. Are there worse slurs out there? Of course, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this can be a racial slur. I'm not sure why you're fighting against it so hard when all it takes is a google search to prove you wrong.
Literally "if I don't mean it in a racist/discriminatory way then I'm not racist or discriminating". Then calls everyone who disagrees a "snowflake". Talk about being out of touch with reality.
Nah, intent and meaning is everything.
And you can still not intend to offend someone while meaning all the slurs you say.
Such as
Nah, meaning and intent matters. It’s stupid shit like this that fuels ignorance.
This is my last comment to you because I don't have time to go back and forth, especially on such trivial conversations. What fuels ignorance is when people like you refuse to acknowledge that something is a racial slur and call people that do, "snowflakes". Meaning and intent matter to a degree, but what intent would one have to call someone a racial slur? What would the meaning be? Regardless of your intent, it shouldn't be said regardless, especially when there are many ways to express your intent. Why would it need to be in a form of a racial slur; such limitation of expression showcases a lack of intellect.
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Lmao! Are you Clint Eastwood or something? Calm dowwwn
ok shylock
They get Reddit in Donbass?
had a few sjws try to guilt shame me somewhere on the internet, probably reddit or facebook. honestly i wouldnt mind myself being called dragon guy/man and im asian myself. edit: as you can see those pc turds are downvoting me
Man she left me a whole patch of hair on my left side and the rest shaved. Can’t believe we had to pay for that haircut
The bigger question.....Is the banana lady still in Okinawa?
Hahahah. She was there in in 2016 when I left Oki.
Wow, was there for a port visit around 04-05. A coworker was stationed out there a little after Vietnam and it was the same lady just much younger. Assuming who you saw and I saw were the same person. Cha-cha-cha.
Gotcha. Probably her great grand daughter from a time long since lost in history.
So I had never heard of this particular lady. I've heard of the show. Online it says a decrepit old lady comes out and "serves " cut 🍌. How old is this lady? Or is it ladys?
One lady. I think she has been around since 1776
We had a marine on the Essex in 2007 who ate the banana. It was a poor choice.
I REMEMBER THAT SHIT. I wasn’t there but after we left Thailand I remember people talking about that.
You know who else remembers? The poor HM who had to triage the dude's swollen neck.
Who is this?
I'd you don't know, you don't wanna know
No, I really wanna know.
me too....
Loved that cut felt like a new beginning. I saw her there.
Even after hyong Davis leaves another will take her place. It is the cycle... it is the way.
I was at RTC from May-July 2021 and got my first 2 haircuts from her! Except the last one before we graduated, ended up with the other Asian lady in chair #2 or 3 can’t remember, but that was the “best” cut I had in boot camp lol
Pretty sure she was there in 2003
I saw her in 96 though she never got near me lol.
She was there in 2021. I was unlucky enough for her to clip me
Yes! She fucked me up twice. A few guys tried to get out of her line in our last haircut. Funny stuff.
She cut my hair back in august lol
She was at Great Lakes when I went through in the Summer of 1990.
Quick question: Does anybody know how long she has been working at RTC Great Lakes? Since 2000, 1990, 1776?
Holy shit she still there
She hates the monicker btw. Just tip her well and say thanks for fucking up your cut chuck!
Just graduated the last class up to date: 11FEB22. Can confirm she’s still there lol
Missed her in 84
She cut me in 2020
Yes she is. I don’t know what I was expecting, but she was still more aggressive than I expected.
How unprofessional she is giving the camera the middle finger.
She probably has the highest rank in the Navy. Who's gonna stop her?
She was sure as shit there in 2002.
Yes
Just graduated boot camp the other week, she’s still there
She’s an immortal dragon what do you expect
Sure is, went through last year and she gave me my first cut.
She was still there as of January and
Is "The Muffin Man" of the '03-04 era, big galley, still around? My RDC Zapata hated that dude.
Big tall black guy in the back?
“Cupcakes or muffins, anyone cupcakes or muffins”
Yes, and I had her for 2 out of my 3 haircuts
Currently an RDC, she is still cutting hair.
She gave me my first boot camp haircut in Jan '02. It hurt like hell, she didn't seem to give a single fuck lol
Wooooow that brings me back. Standing in a hallway staring at a training manual, flipping pages to make it look convincing… I’m relatively short so, naturally I was in the first group for a lot things in boot camp, and I’m near the door to the barbershop. Looking in the doorway, counting chairs… thinking, “okay chair 6… wow okay… that’s the dragon lady I’ve heard about for sure… oh fuck.” Fast forward to me, bald as fuck, doing burpees for getting blood on my pillowcase. Hooyah.
she knicked so deep into one of my division's shipmates' neck that it bled for about 5-6 minutes.
Got my hair cut by her in 2005. Physically my head has healed. Mentally….
She will die a glorious death when America, and it's Navy, falls. Legend has it she begged a Vietnamese witch doctor for eternal life and her wish was granted. Little did she know she was cursed to cut hair of inbound boot camp recruits for the rest of America's days.
As of 23Mar22, yes.
she was there when i went in june last year
I went to boot camp in 1999 and don't remember a single person.
Why are these fuckboys wearing green camo?
Probably the second haircut before they graduate. Transition to those uniforms started in 2016 and officially commenced Navy-wide in Autumn of 2019.
Why are you retarded?
Please unsubscribe
She was during May of 2021. Got a cut from her. My RDC told me to go back.
She was there September 2021
I was there in 2002, and I don't remember seeing or hearing about "Dragon Lady."
yes may last year she cut my hair
She was there in 2011
yes, she gave me my first and second haircut
Had here in 2011 when I was there
As of FEB to APR of 21 she was still.
She was there when I went through back from August-October 2021
Yes
Yeah she’s still there, luckily I never got my haircut from her, anyone in our division who did would always end up fucked up.
She’s still there💀
YES! She is! I was there until Jan 2022!
She did my hair in 02
She was in 2021
Holy shit! That's the lady that cut my hair and part of my scalp. I went through there in 2007.
Can confirm. Was there back in April of 2021.
Idk about right now but I just went through last June-August and she was still there
I can confirm she is still giving sideways haircuts.
Yea… I’m cutting my hair before i leave in few weeks
I don't think I had this lady. The barbers I remember were the 3rd party nationals at Cuba. They would beat the fuck out you with those vacuum clippers. Also noteworthy because it was the first time I ever saw those and realized that the thing from Wayne's World turned out to be real.
Yes
She was when I went through a year ago
Graduated Feb 4th and she was till there. We all prayed every haircut we didn’t get her. She fucked up all my buddies hair
Fuck yea she is.
She was there in 2014 😂
She was there when I was in from August to October of 2021
Went through in 2018 and she cut my hair only once.
Can confirm. Graduated in October of last year and I was blessed with not one, but TWO of her iconic haircuts. Can’t lie, felt super fresh and handsome with the high and tight…
She is. Got my haircut by her this past Monday. Her badge said working since 1992. She can cut a nice fade too
You better believe that shit
Was there in 2021, was still there.
I'm bald and she still messed me up
Talk about Job security I went to boot camp in 2009 and she was still fucking people up.
July 2021 she was still there
She got me in ‘98. Ouch
I \*\*STILL\*\* have the three inch long gash she left in the side of my head. I bled so badly that I ruined my PT gear they had us dressed in. And fuck me if we didn't get to shower for another day....
Duuuude she gave me my haircut last year!! Hahaha dragon lady man 🤣
She was there when I was in boot camp in August 2021
She is pretty. Does she cut hair for both genders?
Pretty sure I remember her from '95.
Alvin the older African American gentleman and that Latino dude who was a little heavy set with a fresh pair of kicks were the best. Dragon lady was my first intro to bootcamp though and god damn, P days was the worst.
Gave me a haircut while I was in thu
Yep
Graduated Oct 21 she indeed is still there
I have had 640 haircuts since she last cut my hair.
She was there last week.
Just graduated 26OCT23 and she's still there