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.
wtf the whole countries has gone crazy
Just goes to prove that our gov. Is letting Islam take over everything they do is to p**s off we Patriots
There is a benefit to this. When the coming war with islam begins, the targets will be simple to locate on base.
You must be $#%&!@*ting me. Only the dumb ass president and his admin. could come up with muslin BS.Expect nothing less from a Muslim president.
Wrong… Get rid of these camel jockies
Do we need further proof? This c**p is making me fighting mad! This is a slap in the face of our military men, active duty and retired! I spent 20 years in the military but would have left it early if this kind of c**p had gone on!!!
get all the ragheads out of our military, they cannot be trusted.
Muslims’ by their very belief are sworn to destroy infidels and our societies .
Why they would serve in the first place is a valid question . Ask one and see how they answer . Now they are even allowed to be treated as exceptions , in the military no less. .
For a man who was suppose to be the “great uniter” , we have the “great divider”.
…… i have no problem with this. And to those that utilized words like “ragheads” or “terrorists” just because of religion, get the $#%&!@* out of my country you $#%&!@*ing KKK supporting Nazis.
So Jonathan Lauer – what have you done to make it. – your country?????