U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Wetzold, right, pets a military working dog during a break on an escort mission near Patrol Base Maryland in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2011. Wetzold is assigned to the personal security detachment for the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marco Mancha
Marine Corps Clarifies “Don’t Pee Towards Mecca” Stories -- Greeley Gazette
Says statement was personal opinion, not Marine Corps doctrine.
The Marine Corps has said a recent news story about Marines being told not to pee towards Mecca does not reflect Corps training or doctrine.
The North County Times recently reported a story on Marines at Camp Pendleton being trained prior to deploying to Afghanistan.
The report mentioned that one of the trainers, Shafiq Mubarak, from the Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (COACL), told the Marines that in order to avoid offending Muslims in Afghanistan; they should not urinate towards Mecca.
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My Comment: So this rule on not peeing in the direction of Mecca is a personal one .... not Marine doctrine or training. OK .... so why is Shafiq Mubarak, the man who pushed this training, still working for the Marines?
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