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Here’s how the Corps will accommodate a Sikh recruit in boot camp
These guidelines will likely inform how other Sikh recruits may be accommodated in the future.
Air Force hair standards and the invisible labor changing institutions
Let's recognize the work undertaken by the Air Force Women's Initiative Team that led to the recent policy change for hair standards for women, says the author of this commentary.
By Maj. Kelly Atkinson
Getting away from ‘anything goes’: Military leaders set data standards for joint war fighting
The CIO/J-6 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called top data leaders to Aberdeen Proving Ground to set data standards and boost cooperation on Joint All-Domain Command and Control.
By Andrew Eversden
Study suggests legislation to tamp down on obesity, improve military recruiting
A Congressional Research Service report says the Defense Department spends more than $1 billion on obesity every year.
Navy veteran: For 2 decades, VA never told him he had HIV
In a federal lawsuit filed this week, the South Carolina man says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS” because he never received treatment after being kept in the dark.
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press
Esper directs services to review racial bias in grooming standards, training and more
Defense Secretary Mark Esper's team has come back with its first recommendations for tackling racial bias in the military.
This teen lost nearly 200 pounds to join the Marine Corps
"She told me to stop doubting myself and just put my mind to what I want to accomplish."
By Diana Stancy
Congressman asks commandant to relax grooming standards
“It would only take one infected Marine sitting down in a barber chair, or one infected barber breathing too close to a client, to start a chain reaction that could infect a large population that forms part of our fighting force.”
By Shawn Snow
SECDEF and Joint Chiefs chairman say top Marine will get a call over barbershops remaining open
“It may seem superficial to some, but getting a haircut is part of that discipline."
By Shawn Snow
Navy is relaxing grooming standards to limit exposure to COVID-19
Commanding officers “may allow for additional hair length and bulk on the sides, top and back of the head. At no time will relaxed grooming interfere with the proper wearing of Navy head gear proper use of protective personal equipment (helmets, masks, hoods, etc.).”
By Shawn Snow
Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen hit with new pot, CBD rules
The new directives are designed to guide service members in an era of evolving state and federal rules on cannabis products.
By Carl Prine