Heathens with beards welcome in new Army

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“I grant your accommodation, subject to the standards and limitations described below,” commander Col. Curtis Shroeder wrote to a 795th Military Police Battalion soldier, whose name is redacted from a copy of the memo circulating on Facebook.

“In observance of your Heathen; Norse Pagan faith, you may wear a beard, in accordance with Army uniform and grooming standards for soldiers with approved religious accommodations.”

Full article: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your...ear-a-beard-because-of-his-norse-pagan-faith/

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Gotta take the good with the bad.
Dang pursuit of happiness and freedom of religion....

Such a pain in the ass.

First NBC attack will clean the slate and get the Army back to its proper Christian calling.
 
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Gotta take the good with the bad.
Dang pursuit of happiness and freedom of religion....

Such a pain in the ass.

First NBC attack will clean the slate and get the Army back to its proper Christian calling.


I don’t care what religion someone is if they want to serve. I don’t care what race or gender they are either.

Just so long as they conform to the standards that everyone else has and don’t get special privledges.

Every time we create a special rule for a certain class of people it weakens the military. It is not the place for social justice nor is it ruled by the bill of rights.

You have a right to worship as you choose but you don’t have the right to differ from the uniform code.
 
If a beard doesnt prevent you from doing your job........who cares?
 
I don’t care what religion someone is if they want to serve. I don’t care what race or gender they are either.

Just so long as they conform to the standards that everyone else has and don’t get special privledges.

Every time we create a special rule for a certain class of people it weakens the military. It is not the place for social justice nor is it ruled by the bill of rights.

You have a right to worship as you choose but you don’t have the right to differ from the uniform code.
Pray to who ever you want, but, if you want in MY Army, you’ll do what you’re told, when you’re told, and how you’re told! If you can’t handle that, don’t join!
 
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Who in hell keeps dreaming up these so called "religions"??
Maybe I'll make one for myself, "Disciples of the speeding bullet" and since I'm the founder I get to mix the Kool Aid....
That's the spirit. Will your collection plate be an ammo can?
 
I heard about a famous guy who found that out the hard way and started trimming his mustache differently as a result... Nothing good can come of this!
 
Most gas masks won't seal on a beard.

I hated shaving in the field; I usually didn't, but I didn't have a full-on beard, either. But this very thing is why I was always curious how submariners got away with having beards for so long. Surface navy I understood, but in boats, when the air gets bad, it gets bad quick.
 
Most gas masks won't seal on a beard. Bearded guy will die or worse and leave his buddies hanging during a gas attack.

That's who cares.

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You have a valid point, but I would hate to shave.........but now I understand a good reason for it. ty
 
Beards in the Army have been approved since forever .You just needed to meet the standard for approval. I knew a guy who did and was chaptered out within 60 days
 
Gotta take the good with the bad.
Dang pursuit of happiness and freedom of religion....

Such a pain in the ass.

First NBC attack will clean the slate and get the Army back to its proper Christian calling.
They won't be able to seal their mask, sooo the military will be forced to design a special p-mask. I can see it coming already.
 
I don’t care what religion someone is if they want to serve. I don’t care what race or gender they are either.
You have a right to worship as you choose but you don’t have the right to differ from the uniform code.
The political ideology/religion that are seeking sharia and the twelfth imam has no damned business in US uniform. They've declared the West/US their enemy.
 
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accommodating pagan religions is nothing new...the Army constructed an "Outdoor Religious Support Site" that has been active on Bragg for a lot of years now for the Wiccans and the wannabe Druids (located adjacent to the Mckellars Lodge picnic grounds). The new reg was meant to formalize the Sikh beards and do away with the exception to policy that each was required, similar to UK Army standards...this young soldier hijacked that to his own end...and if the All Father Odin is his man, I wonder how the animal sacrifices will be accommodated.

Honestly...probably just a joe that failed SFAS but wants to "operate" so bad, this is his end run to achieve the "relaxed grooming standard" he has so longed for.
 
Most gas masks won't seal on a beard. Bearded guy will die or worse and leave his buddies hanging during a gas attack.

That's who cares.

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Contractors do not have to shave when given and fitted for Gas Masks. So how does this make since? If they have an issue then they would make you shave to get the mask and do proper fitting.
 
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