US Army Captain, later President Ronald Reagan, banned this kind of nonsense in 1984.
Barack Hussein Obama has brought it back.
“”FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 25, 2010) — For the first time in 23 years, the U.S. Army is allowing a pair of Sikh Soldiers to keep their hair and beard intact and wear a turban.””
“Barack Hussein Obama has brought it back.”
And where does it stop????????????????????????
Why can’t a Muslim woman in the Navy wear her Hajib???
There is a reason for everything in the military. Uniforms are supposed to be, well, uniform. It helps unit cohesiveness. Short hair also is part of this. Plus it takes less maintenance. In Basic by the time we got the the barber (I think it was a week in) we couldn't wait to get it all cut off; we didn't have time to take care of longer hair.
The beard ban though has one very important reason for continuing; gas masks. With facial hair the mask cannot form a barrier to the chem of bio agents.
The Sikh people are good citizens, peaceful and productive. However if they will not conform to the demands of the uniform in the military they must not be allowed to serve. In addition there are many Sikhs who do not dress in traditional garb and do cut their hair and shave. In the Milwaukee area we learned allot about their culture after a recent temple shooting....