Army Regulation On Gambling In Uniform

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No, Damn It, Army Generals Aren’t Exempt From Uniform Regulations

When will BG Jeffrey Sinclair get an effing haircut?

Pursuant to Andrew Exum‘s perfectly valid question as to ”when, exactly, BG Sinclair is getting an effing haircut,” I devoted precious minutes on Google trying to figure out why Sinclair “looks like a 1970s Hollywood conception of what a general looks like. Or an Air Force officer” rather than the second in command of the expletive deleted 82nd Airborne division.

Google was, alas, no help. In fact, it’s spreading a longstanding misconception: that general officers get to wear whatever they want. While it’s true that, there are fewer people in position to tell a general to get an effing haircut than is the case for a private soldier, Army Regulation 670-1 does in fact apply. The confusion comes from this passage;

Applicability: This regulation applies to the active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. Also, it applies to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and the Corps of Cadets, United States Military Academy, only when their respective uniform regulations do not include sufficient guidance or instruction. It does not apply to generals of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Army, or former Chiefs of Staff of the Army, each of whom may prescribe his or her own uniform. During mobilization, the proponent may modify chapters and policies contained in this regulation. [emphasis mine]

The phrase “generals of the Army” is not synonymous with the phrase “Army generals.” Rather, “generals of the Army” refers to five star generals, the last of whom was Omar Bradley, who was promoted to that rank in 1950 and who died in 1981. We know this because, if the awkward phrase simply meant “brigadier generals and above,” it would be redundant to also single out the Chief of Staff.

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*Yes, there are more pressing questions regarding soon-to-be-former BG Sinclair. I have no special insights into them.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A proposed policy change would prevent U.S. soldiers in the Kaiserslautern garrison from gambling in uniform, even on American bases.

Lt. Col. Lars Zetterstrom, commander of the garrison, “has asked his Army Community Service staff to begin drafting” such a policy “to be staffed for approval,” garrison spokesman Mark Heeter said in an email.

Denise Fesel, manager of the Kaiserslautern ACS financial readiness program, said the policy her office is drafting is partly about maintaining “the integrity of the uniform,” but also aims to address problem gambling in the Kaiserslautern community, where there are numerous off-base casinos and on-base slot machines at military clubs.

While working with soldiers who need help straightening out their finances, Fesel said she identifies about four a year whose fiscal woes resulted from a gambling problem.

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“Most people, when they’re gambling, what they’re going to do is they gamble at lunch, they gamble before they go home, they gamble on their way to an appointment — all of this in uniform,” Fesel said. “So if we can change a habit, we might be able to help them identify themselves” as problem gamblers.

The issue of gambling in uniform came up at an Army Family Advocacy Program conference last year, according to Heeter, and Zetterstrom asked for the policy in response.

Fesel said she is working with the legal office to determine the policy’s scope. Her office advocates a wholesale ban on gambling in uniform, but the new policy may result in a lesser restriction, such as restricting gambling during duty hours.

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“You know, we’re not allowed to go out and drink in uniform,” Fesel said. “So why should you be allowed to gamble?”

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