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2017-01-08 Home Front: WoT

Army allows more uniform exceptions for religious soldiers

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Posted by Steve White 2017-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Another 'exit bomb' from the Obama team.
So now, what 12(?), guys can wear hats and beards?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-08 03:10|| 2017-01-08 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, the fit on a gas mask becomes iffy with a beard. The enemy and the battlefield have no care for pols, judges or civvies masquerading as authority. They just want to kill you. The clown posse just makes it easier for them to do it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-01-08 07:13|| 2017-01-08 07:13|| Front Page Top

How is that turban going to fit into a Kevlar or aviation flight helmet? What happens to that damn thing in blinding rain storm? More multi-cult, politically correct hogwash. Nice thing about being retired, all I have to confront is the reading of this mind-bending ridiciulousness.

Are mandatory squatter commodes and bottled water bumm douches next?

Rantburg multi-cult survival tip O'the day: Never handle or touch a bottled water found in a latrine.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 07:24|| 2017-01-08 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 The Sikh fighter pilots remove their turbans. The hair is tied in a bandana. Not a problem.

Posted by john frum 2017-01-08 08:06|| 2017-01-08 08:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Sikhs ARE good soldiers. That is a fact. Nations , like India, have no problem with whole Divisions of Sikhs.

Sikhs LIKE to fight. Certainty. Wearing a blade IS part of their religion. And they don't particularly care for Moslems either. Historically that is the reason they actually first became Sikhs,
Plus LOYALTY is a big thing with a Sikh. They tend to keep their Word and they don't back down on their Word. If a Sikh says he will take an objective, get out of his way.

Posted by Choque tse Tung9347 2017-01-08 08:19|| 2017-01-08 08:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks John. I wasn't aware of the bandana. I'm still not comfortable with the beard thing. If I were an Amish enlistee (hypothetical yes), could I wear my straw hat ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 08:29|| 2017-01-08 08:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone who believes this has anything to do with accommodating Sikhs is ready to listen to my spiel on cheap ocean front property just outside of Butte.

Posted by AlanC 2017-01-08 08:32|| 2017-01-08 08:32|| Front Page Top

#8 AlanC: I have a buddy living in Twin Falls, Idaho. Do you think he survived the plate shift? West of Twin Falls..... no issues.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 08:39|| 2017-01-08 08:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Rastafarians are monotheists. Will their preferred head gear be acceptable too?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2017-01-08 08:54|| 2017-01-08 08:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Secretary Mattis has some work to do. De-Mabusing the military from top down

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-08 09:45|| 2017-01-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Uniform, it's not just clothes. Sikhs do make great soldiers. So create a unit for them where they wear the same uniform. But make the uniform uniform.

Posted by Pancho Snore8829 2017-01-08 15:10|| 2017-01-08 15:10|| Front Page Top

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