Okay, and what do I get to wear and stay in regulation, people? No offense to the dude in question or his faith–there’s a powerful military tradition with folks of that faith–but didn’t we settle this issue a while back? And if not, where are the limits today, and the limits tomorrow?
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October 29th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Another camel sticks his nose under the tent. Soon, there will be no standards that can be properly enforced.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Silly Chap; some religions are more equal than others.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Well, I believe in good order and discipline as much as the next tuber, but there are some specifics here that are telling. Both men referenced in the article aren’t members who “found” religion and now want to change their clothes, but rather religious men who found the Army and want to serve. Also, both are in the medical corps, which any will tell you are already a world their own when it comes to traditional concepts of good order and discipline. Personally, if I were a fellow on a medivac coming back from an IED hit I could care less what that surgeon is wearing on his head, as long as it’s sanitary.
Personally, I could see supporting a plan to replace all branch medical corps with officers of a revitalized Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. This would allow better detailing of officers across the services as needed.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
My gripe is that we’ve already had this policy discussion–and it was resolved a different way, for everybody. Now one guy gets the special treatment? Why is that? Is there a policy change or not, and if there is, then what is it and where are the new limits and why are they there?
PHS already has a commissioned corps; they just do different things than other medical types. Medical’s slightly jointed, like chaplains; it’s easier to source by service than build yet another service with a “D” at the beginning I guess. The real problem for Navy isn’t the jointness, it’s that (as of ’03 anyway) half the O-6s in the Navy were medical/dental/service corps types. That’s a lot of overhead to pay for.