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I guess we need to lose a few wars to come back to reality....oh wait. Let me rephrase, we need to lose a few wars and the military recognize it was there fault to come back to reality.
They did similar in the early 1970s for hair and facial hair.
Yeah , I was in Ft.Rucker Al. , 1970, when I met a Sikh Sargent with a turban and beard so it's not something new by any means.( 44 years later someone thinks this is breaking news )
I guess we need to lose a few wars to come back to reality....oh wait. Let me rephrase, we need to lose a few wars and the military recognize it was there fault to come back to reality.
As we all know, maintaining a strict uniform code is crucially important to win wars.
How can you be a soldier in the army and still embrace individuality is hard for me to understand.
Having been a soldier, I can assure you that competent commanders do everything in their power to accommodate competent individuals, as long as it doesn't interfere with combat efficiency.
Military history is ripe with commanders who got carried away with spit-and-polish to the detriment of fighting readiness.
Having been a soldier, I can assure you that competent commanders do everything in their power to accommodate competent individuals, as long as it doesn't interfere with combat efficiency.
Military history is ripe with commanders who got carried away with spit-and-polish to the detriment of fighting readiness.
Good to know then. I am no soldier, but I thought soldiers could not have a beard because it would not let gas mask seal therefore it interferes with military equipment.
Rules are there for a reason, no?
By the way, this is NOT a thread of Sikh bashing. I heard Sikh are some great war fighters. Glad to have them in the military.
Do females wear dresses in combat zone? If they are in combat zone, they are not allowed to wear dresses. PERIOD.
Bottom line, ONE dress code rule applies to everybody. Don't like it, don't join the army. Problem solved
But some men ARE allowed to wear beards in combat zones, so, clearly there isn't one rule that applies to everyone.
Not to mention that serving in a combat zone is not something that every soldier experiences, so why should it be the benchmark?
But some men ARE allowed to wear beards in combat zones, so, clearly there isn't one rule that applies to everyone.
Not to mention that serving in a combat zone is not something that every soldier experiences, so why should it be the benchmark?
I already answered that question. In combat zone, that is different.
ONE rule applies to everyone. Muslims and Sikh soldiers are allowed to wear beard in combat zone also. They are NOT treated differently in combat zone. and they shouldn't be treated differently on base. Period. If Sikh soldiers are allowed to grow beard on base, so should everybody else.
Oh, I see this is a thread where we would like to pretend everything is just fine and dandy with the Muslims of the world.
Well, I suppose the good news is that this likely won't be an issue. Why? Bc in the UK, more Muslims have joined ISIS than the UK military. And as long as people continue to bury their heads in the sand in the US, we should be right behind.
Try going to Dearborn Michigan and asking them to accommodate your differing religious views. Or the Boston mosque that has had 8 members arrested for ties to terrorism since 2004, including a member blowing people up at this little race up in boston and a lady so graciously named lady al Qaeda
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If they are in combat zone, they are not allowed to wear dresses. PERIOD.