Army Approves Sikh Soldier To Serve While Wearing Turban, Beard

TownHall ^ | 4/1/2016 | Christine Rousselle

[napscoordinator]

Bronze star awarded.

[Lumper20]

Sadly we have gone to damn far with ass Obama. The COED BCT was too much. However, the fags and lesbians have to go and the Supreme Court will be changed, This military is a joke. Why are so many killing themselves as we Viet Vets, the Korean war Vets and WWII vets did not? What is the excuse? I say it is this BS.

[JmyBryan]

Sikhs have honor and are warriors. I have little problem with this.

[The Antiyuppie]

Good, he can keep an eye on the Muslims.

[Vesparado]

Down in this article.

http://www.army.mil/article/36339/

[Crucial]

Agreed. The uniform should be uniform to everyone. It stands for something important.

[zeugma]

True, but it opens the door for muslim scum.

[Lumper20]

The Army has never had trouble getting dentists or MD’s as they get their loans paid off very fast. This Sikh had best learn to assimilate in America as the military is America. I am damn tired of Obama wrecking the military. You come here you speak our language and learn OUR ways. Leave your traditions in your damn country you are now in OURS.

http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/dentist/benefits.html

[BwanaNdege]

"I was told there were two challenges to allow Sikhs in the military. The first was that we could not put the Kevlar helmet on our heads, which I do every day," the captain said. "The second thing was fitting the gas mask properly."

My uncle, who was in the Indian Army, said he had no problem with that while was engaged in jungle warfare. He said he put some Vaseline in his beard, which kept the ticks away, and it sealed every single time."

If you have ever been through the "Gas Chamber" (with CS) you will remember that you have to get your mask on RIGHT NOW! Then you need to clear it. Wearing Vaseline packed into your beard all day & night is not a solution. There is no time to apply it just after you realize you've been gassed.

CS & an improperly fitting/functioning gas mask can kill you when you drown in your own mucous. Sarin, chlorine, VX, VG, etc are, of course, much worse, though some require full body suits.

[ops33]

Nothing new. The Army has been going back and forth on this very issue since the 70’s.