Army fully recognized, and promptly acted, to remove outdated language in Army Regulation as soon as it was brought to our attention," said Lt. Alayne Conway, an Army spokeswoman, in a statement Thursday. The statement goes on to say the section in question actually was outlining the Army's commitment to "provide equal opportunity and fair treatment for military personnel and family members without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, and provide an environment free of unlawful discrimination and offensive behavior.
It was a "rapid action revision" covering only parts of the regulation, according to the summary of changes to the document. The update covered a series of items, including the Army's Ready and Resilient Campaign and additional guidance for the Army's sexual harassment prevention program. Reference to the word "Negro" appears in a section describing "race and ethnic code definitions. Black or African-American personnel are described in the regulation as "a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
By pure letter of the word, you cannot wear your uniform in a bar. You cannot wear a uniform in an establishment where your activities are centered around drinking. Being intoxicated in uniform is definitely against Army regs. If, at an event where alcohol happens to be served — like spending a lunch break at the Buffalo Wild Wings just off-post, soldiers will likely grab just two.
AR is the Army Command Policy; it mostly serves as a catch-all for the smaller regulations. In the ambiguity of the fraternization policy, the rules behind dating, marriage, and hook-ups are kind of spelled out. Even friendships between a soldiers and their leaders fall into that same gray area. Whenever it comes time for troops to head out to the field, their leaders should always issue a mandated packing One of the biggest questions of the Revolutionary If your hair is out of regs, find the barracks barber.
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