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Bearded members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during a military ceremony in 1998. Beards are permitted in the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.As a sign of their ideological motivation, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) personnel used to tend to wear full beards, while the Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel are usually trimmed or wear mustaches.
Out of respect to their religion, Sikhs are allowed to grow beards in the Indian army. Admiral D. K. Joshi of the Indian Navy with designer stubble.. In the Armed, Paramilitary and Law enforcement forces of India, male Sikh servicemen are allowed to grow full beards as their religion expressly requires followers to do so.
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The U.S. Army unveiled more inclusive grooming policy Tuesday. The updated guidelines will allow nail polish and ponytails among other changes.
Since 1948, Sikh men had served in the military with uniform policy waivers that allowed them to follow their faith group requirements for beards and long hair, with the hair covered by turbans, until the army eliminated such religious accommodation policies in 1984, [74] [95] when then-army Chief of Staff John A. Wickham, Jr. eliminated the ...
The United States Army has banned certain hair styles, including corn rows. Some are calling the move racially biased against black women. WRAL reports that "The new grooming rules went into ...
Today, women make up almost 15 percent of active-duty members in the U.S. military, which has remained steady since 2000, according to 2013 Department of Defense data. Two West Point Cadets made history earlier this year when they became the first women to graduate from Army Ranger School. Enlistment numbers for minorities tell a similar story.
In 2018, as a response to the Department of the Army's 2017 ruling to allow the growth of beards in accordance with religious traditions as an exception to Army Regulation 670-1, a soldier assigned to the 795th Military Police Battalion was given authorization to grow a beard in observance of his heathen faith.