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Gaze In The Military: New, More Relaxed Uniform Requirements - Military Uniform - Esquire
By on January 22, 2014
The American military is hardly an institution known for personal style. Why, the whole point of boot camp is to break you like a wild horse, to get you to shave that mane and tail of yours, and to turn you into a good ol' 'Merican soldier. For decades (centuries, perhaps) your average soldier hasn't been able to put much of an individual stamp on anything but his Zippo. But thanks to a new ruling, that's all changing. You're about to see beards, yarmulkes, pink cell phones, and even... no, really, not making this up ... casual Fridays.
Is the Pentagon about to turn the military into Park Slope?
NBC News obtained a memo currently circulating around the Pentagon that states that the US military is starting to accommodate “individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs” in their dress code. As the report puts it, this includes "conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of service members."
The somewhat progressive update is largely meant to accommodate religious garb (think prayer beads and Sikh beards), meaning that the approximately 3,700 Muslims currently in the US Military won't have to acquiesce when it comes to their religion or the Army's dress code. The update applies to just about everyone, though, meaning the 1,500 people who identify as Wiccans currently in the US Army (really) are going to be a-OK when it comes to wearing... whatever it is that Wiccans wear. As long as it's a religious item and doesn't interfere with the function of the protective clothing (helmets, armor, etc), the Pentagon will allow it.
And then there's the matter of "Casual Friday" in the military.
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