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.
HELL NO JUST BECAUSE QUEEN ODRAMA IS MUSLIM THIS IS NOT AN ISLAMIC MILITARY IF THEY WANT THAT TELL THEM TO JOIN THE DAM ISIS DAM TOWEL HEADS GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY
ITS A SHAME TO LET A FEW PEOPLE CHANGE THE MILITARY TO WHAT THEY WANT ,INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING TRADITION
U got to be $#%&!@*ting me? Even the military is going to hell in a hand basket!
What about Christians?
All this BS accomodations for these RAG HEADS and what about our Christians who can not even read the bible or pray when these camel jokeys have their flying carpets, curan and turbans. That is a bunch of HUG WASH, if our americans can not do something then the muslims can not do it either. Enough is enough, who the hell these people think they are?
Wrong this is a christian nation
This is “BULL$#%&!@*”
Im not believeing this, wait…….I am believeing this, par for the coarse
WRONG, just WRONG.
Christian nation? More like sodom and gomorah