Anton Parker followed in his grandfather’s footsteps with a career in the Royal Canadian Navy.
With the longest hair of his life, complemented with a handlebar mustache and mutton chop sideburns, his grandfather might not even recognize him as a military sailor.
“The military should strive for discipline and uniformity,” Parker said while on board HMCS Vancouver, a frigate deployed in the Indo-Pacific region. “But there’s a need in the modern world for people to express individuality. The navy is trying to strike that balance.”
