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.
All troops or just the Muslims ??
So, what is happening is that when I was in the military, If you could scrape beard stubble from my chin with the edge of a credit card, it was an offense punishable by a hundred push ups and now these ass holes can show up in full beards and get away with it.Talk about your bending over backwards for these sons of bitches. I say, to hell with them and make them follow the same standards that we were forced to follow.
Bull manure !!! You live in this country then act like it or get the hell out. Show me no respect and you get none form me!
Obama is still deceiving americans
Obama is still deceiving americans
The first one they turn down, the Government will get sued for discrimination.
This is bull$#%&!@*. What if I’m a Zulu and I worship some pagan God? Can I wear a big full head dress of feathers? Or I’m Native American? Or how about a Witch Doctor from Africa? Can I wear a loin cloth and a bone in my nose with a shrunken head on a string around my neck? What if I want a beard and long hair like Jesus? The military is going to start looking like the Barbary Pirates before long. Ridiculous.
Does that mean that Christians can wear crosses if they want ? Does this mean that Jues can wear a star of David if they want ? Or is this just a muslim protection law because the Obamanation has declare that America is a muslim nation !? the nsa is watching you !!!
now we cant tell the difference in amilitary or terrorist, guess soon it wont make any difference, they will all be terro.
$#%&!@* that bull$#%&!@*!! Yet our troops can’t pray WTF