New grooming standards approved by the DOD

Hey, if it comes to a chem warfare, anyone that can not get a good mask seal will be the first to learn WHY grooming standards were created. And if you can not get a mask over a turban, eh, you will find out why there were wear of uniform standards too. BTW, anyone have some popcorn? The drama is going to be high on this one.

Change the regulations, see how easy it is.

"Young liberals don't joint the Army, they join Facebook." Now that was funny.

I cant believe the how the DoD is tailoring to civilians needs and any current service members bitching and crying. This is bullshit. Im not going to sit here and be political correct. If you dont like how we run business then dont join or get the hell out, plain and simple. i'm a 14+ year Marine vet and I'll be dam, esspecially if the Marine Corps adheres to this policy.

Can we relax the regs for non-religious facial hair? The clean-cut soldier idea is a new one, look at pre-WWII pictures of servicemembers. Beards for all!

No problem with this whatsoever. I can't see anyone having an issue with this, and if they did, nothing a quick explanation can't fix. If they still had a problem, that's on them.

I hope he never gets gassed. Hr could have a problem with getting a good seal. Being that there are only two they are definitely originals with the turban. However beards used to be allowed back in the day.

This is one of those tough ones. There is great value in allowing Sikhs to serve in our military to be able to provide religious support to our Soldiers who practice that faith. However, there is also military regulation that says we are all to be shaved and may wear a mustache, as long as it’s in regulation. The dilemma comes once you start allowing waivers for uniform changes for one instance (religion just happening to be this one, but not necessarily for all of them), then you open the door for more. I don't know the background of the religion that "requires" the beard or prevents them from shaving it....so I would say we (the military) need to truly understand what the background of the religion is before a decision made. Is the beard a "choice" or a "requirement..." Of it's a choice, I say don't allow it to maintain regulations and that practicing your faith shouldn't be hindered because you "want" to have a beard. However if it’s a requirement, then that should be taken into consideration for the benefit of our Soldiers.

I think it takes away from uniformity and will cause distention among the ranks.

My only issue with this entire scenerio is not the regulations themselves, but those saying "conform!" If the regulations state conform, than you should conform. If the regulations gives exemption, than by saying "the exemption shouldn't be allowed" by definition isn't conforming to the regulations, thus making people hypocrites.