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.
PRESIDENT DOPE AT IT AGAIN. GET RID OF THAT MORON ALREADY. WHAT A JOKE WE ARE NOW!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine the Founders walking into THIS mess? WOW!
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This is bull$#%&!@*! it is either all of them get to do this or none of them get to do this.
But you can’t read a bible of have the chaplains do Mass ! !
Everybody but Christians, right? This must be the beginning of the end.
First Off No Man Of Muslum Decent Have No Bussiness In Are Military Are The White Hopuse They Are Bred To Hate Americans.
When I was in uniforms were all about the health and welfare of the soldier not your religious back ground. No offence to any ones religion but head lice can go through a troop of soldiers sharing close quarters. Hence the military close cuts etc.
send the turbans back to Iran .
Looks like a f…ing Muslim not a soldier…..ludicrous