{"id":93886,"date":"2019-12-30T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93886"},"modified":"2019-12-30T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:59:43","slug":"what-happens-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93886","title":{"rendered":"What Happens in Nevada…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Military.com<\/a> reports that the first-ever waiver has been granted to a Nevada Army Guard soldier to grow a beard.<\/p>\n

The Nevada Army Guard’s first religious accommodation waiver granted a\u00a0Norse Pagan soldier\u00a0permission to grow a beard. Now, it is considering two similar requests from Pagan soldiers, according to a recent Army news release.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the Defense Department\u00a0expanded\u00a0the number of faiths it recognizes and released\u00a0guidance on how troops can apply for a religious accommodation waiver that will let them wear otherwise-prohibited items, such as a turban, headscarf or beard, in accordance with their “sincerely held beliefs.”<\/p>\n

Since then, the\u00a0Army\u00a0and\u00a0Air Force\u00a0have made headlines by\u00a0granting waivers\u00a0that accomodate service members of the Sikh and Muslim faiths, which often\u00a0require wearing a turban or beard.<\/p>\n

A waiver allowed Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Hopper of the Nevada Army Guard’s 3665th Ordnance Company grow a Norse beard, or Skegg, which he sees as a “sacred and defining feature of masculine men.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Later… Hopper, who is deployed to Afghanistan, states”<\/p>\n

“Once I present my memorandum for record and cite all of the applicable regulations and directives, the focus on the beard tends to go away, for the most part,” he said. “I see it as a phase very similar to when the Army authorized the wear of black socks during the fitness test. It is something new and authorized, and you will always encounter people who do not like change. That is just life.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, there’s that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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