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The Marines Reluctantly Let a Sikh Officer Wear a Turban. He Says It's Not Enough.
NYT via Yahoo ^ | 09 26 2021 | Dave Philipps

Posted on 09/26/2021 11:20:03 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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To: kiryandil

You’re criticizing a marine about his corps

Getting pushback is part of it

People here really romanticize Sikhs

It’s not completely deserved

And it’s an inaccurate appraisal

I think it comes from the English Patient

If we give them exception then everyone else will line up


61 posted on 09/27/2021 8:15:37 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks .....empathy always in short supply)
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To: yesthatjallen
The Marines need to be renamed to “Army-lite”...

What a disgrace to history's greatest & proudest military organization & tradition...

“Semper Fi” is becoming “Semper Sigh”...

It all started when obunghole installed a woman as commanding general at Parris Island...

62 posted on 09/27/2021 8:34:28 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Grimmy

+2
Dad and brother were Marines, no longer with us.


63 posted on 09/27/2021 9:53:23 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s been almost 50 years since I made the leap from high school to the Marines. Man, have things changed.

Sadly, it appears to have been for the worse and the trend continues.

Where is the line drawn? We have Generals who are nothing more than SJWs these days, all the best have been flushed.

I understand he wants to do this to make a statement for ‘his people’ but it also makes a statement about our ability to let tradition and customs unique to the Corps be stripped away to satisfy needs of a few to make a statement, positive or otherwise.

Maybe it’s just me.. or maybe its all of us, sliding down that slippery slope into anonymity.


64 posted on 09/27/2021 10:02:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Doss? First of all, he was a doggie, not a Marine. And more importantly, he wore the uniform and served honorably. But if some Amish guy wanted to wear the funny beard and a pilgrim hat, then he sucks as a Marine.

Dressing up in foreign Sikh garb is a selfish prick move for someone who claims to be a Marine. What happens when a female decides she want’s to wear a headrag face cover in uniform?

he doesn’t pack the mental gear to be a Marine.


65 posted on 09/27/2021 11:26:43 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: kiryandil

Marines have a solid tradition. It isn’t a Sikh tradition incubator. And the Marine tradition is that everyone is a Marine Rifleman. Differences are suppressed and uniformity and teamwork are the good thing.
Not divisive crap.


66 posted on 09/27/2021 11:29:49 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DesertRhino
First of all, he was a doggie, not a Marine. And more importantly, he wore the uniform and served honorably

And he also refused to train with a military weapon which was a requirement in both the Army and Marines.....

Army or Marines, it doesn't really matter. They're both members of the US military so get off your high horse.....

This Sikh officer is wearing the uniform honorably too........You're just an old bigoted jerk.

As far as your statement What happens when a female decides

I don't deal in What Ifs, they're useless hypotheticals typically used as a last resort in a failed argument.....

67 posted on 09/27/2021 12:41:15 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: yesthatjallen

I bet Bea Arthur could whip him into shape.
https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/03/08/12-people-you-didnt-know-were-u-s-marines


68 posted on 09/27/2021 2:34:13 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: BuffaloJack

# 47 If they allow this then it sets a precedence for allowing marines from Texas to wear cowboy hats.

That should be allowed : )


69 posted on 09/27/2021 2:41:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: bobbo666

So if it was a choice between your faith and the constitution, you’d choose the constitution?


70 posted on 10/05/2021 1:15:21 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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