DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Muslim Junior ROTC Student Wants to Wear Head Cover With Uniform

**harriettvanders** · 10-22-2011, 06:08 AM

An overweight retiree? Surely you jest!

Of course it was a jest! Everybody knows retirees PT two times a day, and runs a fitness test every six month. If he gets less than first class score, he hazes himself!

Not sure if you read the story or kept up with it or not but it wasn't that simple. Essentially the Army told them they would make an exception to policy for them, they went to school on the Army's dime, then when the time came for them to go AD (a condition of the Army paying for school) the Army tried to go back on their original promise and make them shave and ditch the turban... Nah, I didn't look into it that closely. In all honesty I'm surprised ANYBODY was able to get an exception made for them.

10-22-2011, 06:08 AM	#7
harriettvanders Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	An overweight retiree? Surely you jest! Of course it was a jest! Everybody knows retirees PT two times a day, and runs a fitness test every six month. If he gets less than first class score, he hazes himself! Not sure if you read the story or kept up with it or not but it wasn't that simple. Essentially the Army told them they would make an exception to policy for them, they went to school on the Army's dime, then when the time came for them to go AD (a condition of the Army paying for school) the Army tried to go back on their original promise and make them shave and ditch the turban... Nah, I didn't look into it that closely. In all honesty I'm surprised ANYBODY was able to get an exception made for them.
	Quote