The Pentagon has approved a new policy that will allow troops to wear turbans and other religious clothing and engage in religious observances.
Until now there has been no set policy in the military to allow accommodations for religion.
Soldiers must apply for a waiver to be able to wear their religious garment or engage in a specific religious activity, which the military says they will take on a case-by-case basis.
The Pentagon has approved a new policy that will allow troops to seek waivers to wear religious clothing, seek prayer time or engage in religious practices.Defense officials say the waivers will be decided on a case-by-case basis and will depend on where the service member is stationed and whether the change would affect military readiness or the mission.
Until now there has been no consistent policy across the military to allow accommodations for religion. Now, for example, Jewish troops can seek a waiver to wear a yarmulke, or Sikhs can seek waivers to wear a turban and grow a beard.
Others can request specific prayer times or ask that they be allowed to carry prayer beads or other items.
The policy also says that service members can choose not to recognize any religion, according to NBC News.
According to Defense Department statistics obtained by NBC, there are only three Sikh Americans in the military. There are about 3,700 Muslims. 6,300 Buddhists, and 1,500 Wiccans.
The directive stresses that “the importance of uniformity and adhering to standards, of putting unit before self, is more significant and needs to be carefully evaluated when considering each request for accommodation,” according to NBC.
WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH THIS COUNTRY!!!
our military cant have the bible or pray yet these people can have what ever the hell they want this is efd up
Glad i got out when i did! next they will only issue NERF guns
We had a CSM at Redstone who was allowed a full beard and turban, but he grandfathered on an older reg. This was the 90s.
Goodbye America : this is not the country that my Father fought for in World War 2 nor is it the country that I stood ready to fight for in the seventies, we have a Muslim in charge of the greatest fighting force on the face of the planet,barack hussein obama is not an American,I don’t believe he was born here but even if he was he’s not American,We the people will have to stand up and take this country back !!!
Sure,this way they can conceal weapons and bombs,really great wonder who is behind this one,guess..OBAMA.???????????…2014 2016
Not no but Hell NO
It is hard enough now for our men and women to know if the person nest to them is one of them or a wolf in sheep clothing.If they are fighting for America they should not be able to were anything other than the uniform of the USA.
I guess obe will soon be dressing our guys in dresses? C**P!!!!!!!
see the guy in the pic ya just throw some gas and no matter what he does hes dead, a gas mask well not seal the gas out with a beard. not a good idea people.