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.
So now after how many years you want to let religion play a role for the dress code and how they pray to accommodate Muslims? What next?
Roger samaniego says:
“So I wonder if all religions will be given the same respect. I myself am Mescalero Apache and wonder if they would allow me to keep my hair long and wear my feathers etc. Long hair is no different than a beard.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/us-military-allow-religious-clothing-observances/comment-page-41/#comment-424163
So I wonder if all religions will be given the same respect. I myself am Mescalero Apache and wonder if they would allow me to keep my hair long and wear my feathers etc. Long hair is no different than a beard.
HAY! marry your c. o. you won’t have to do the marches.
what the hell is going on ????????
This is BS. I believe they have infiltrated our military too.
They should allow muslims to do so…as they should allow christians, mystics, buddhists, and satanists to do so. DUHHHH that would be constitutional rights…for those of you who believe islam and satanism are not covered by the constitution….read it again
that’s a bunch of c**p .these Muslims get away with all this dress and others cant even have a bible. Talk about a law suit to straighten this out.if these people want to be in our military they should go by the rules and laws the military has .im sick and tired of catering to muslims and Mexicans .this is America if u don’t like it get the $#%&!@* out
Ain’t real sure that’s a good idea liable to get shot in the heat of the moment oh well
except for Christianity