New Sergeant Major Of The Army: Prostheses Don’t Meet Standards
WASHINGTON — New Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey has moved quickly to establish himself, publishing what sources call "an objective and balanced" policy letter prohibiting the use of prostheses, as well as some previously-common Army equipment, due to their non-compliance with Army Regulation (AR) 670-1, “Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia.”
“You can never take away from a regulation, but you can always add to it,” Dailey told media during a press conference at the Pentagon. "We can't have soldiers running around here with a sense of entitlement and their 'special' arms and legs."
"Plus, those hook hands really creep me out," he said while pantomiming pincers with his fingers.
Dailey's 576 page policy letter outlined additional equipment bans, including the mortarman's M2 lensatic compass ("too big for my tiny hands"), field dressing ("smell reminds me of my dead Ma-mau"), and fleece cap ("a camel spider shat in mine one time"), but it is the prostheses ban that is …
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