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.
Meanwhile in reality muslims dont wear turbans, thr sikh do. The rule also allows jews to wear yamakas.
Noo..just no!
How far are we going to go???
what’s next???Hope high heels for all the women..Ha ha ha
OMG WHAT C**P
What’s that got to do with being a soldier? It’s a bunch of BS.
so much for the process of the separation of church and state……what a joke….
Well you’re the ones that cloud the separation of church and state, and the first ones to complain when religious freedom is exercised. Oh , I forgot…it’s just your religious beliefs that you want protected and followed! Can’t have it both ways.
What has happened to “our military?” Ok, send them in to war then with no protective gear, no guns, no helmets.
More Muslim bull$#%&!@* handed down from our POS Muslim leader and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies. Sick and wrong.