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.
This was allowed when I was stationed in Germany in ’70/’72 and we had no problem with it then why should we now?
This is pure bull$#%&!@*
BS You join then you join understanding the rules
WHERE DID THIS COME FROM???????? HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!
there is a dress code for the military dont $#%&!@* with it!
NO this should ONLY be in the field MAYBE. Otherwise we have OUR way that the military dresses and it is NOT to allow our soildiers to dress up like the TERRORISTS DDDDOD.
Muslims are the poison to are country!
America is a fuking a joke.. Gay marriage, woman on the front line, blacks breeding with whites and whites breeding with Mexicans. When America was white we were the greatest nation because we knew who we were
This must stop. We don’t even have a military that represents We the People anymore. We are in a very dangerous state of destroying America forever. My heart bleeds as I pray to God to help us get the traitor out-of-office.
Don’t think so !!!