I obviously could not have a beard while in the Marines, then I started working security and couldn't have one there either.
I finally got to grow one when I was doing construction, but then went back to security and it came off. I got myself into a management position and the beard has been back for a couple of years now.

I usually have a Van Dyke (proper name for what is usually called a goatee) but since Thanksgiving I've had a full beard. I havent grown one of those since High School, and that wasn't a real beard at the time.

It's nice and think now, and the red beard carries on right up into me sideburns. Just at the top of the ear the color transitions to the dark brown hair of my head. It's an interesting effect, the color demarcation is very clear and sharp. Almost looks unnatural.