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.
Surprise, surprise, surprise…..NOT!
Oh c**p, why not? Every thing else is going down the $#%&!@*ter.
We should not feel shame for our military !!
We must demand that our Congress intervene and correct this mistake.
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THE MOMENT THEY DO THIS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE, BUT, I DO KNOW IT WILL NOT BE THE UNITED STATES ARMY I KNEW 17 YEARS WORTH…
The Muslims can change our military uniforms, but Christians can’t even have a Bible to read. Yeah, that sounds reasonable and fair.
If you cannot wear the American uniform, then you should not be in the American service !! America should not change for you. You should change for America !!!
this is more of obumas c**p if in service wear the only proper uniform already they have torn it up with all the new junk
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Bull$#%&!@* ! Our military ?? Go join in with Pakistan or India military