d. Factors for Consideration.
Officials charged with making recommendations or taking final action on a Service member’s request for the accommodation of religious practices will review each request
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individually, considering the full range of facts and circumstances relevant to the specific request. Factors to consider include:
(1) The compelling governmental interest in mission accomplishment, including military readiness, unit cohesion, good order and discipline, or health and safety.
(2) Alternate means available to address the requested accommodation. The means that is least restrictive to the requestor’s religious practice and that does not impede a compelling governmental interest will be determinative.
e. Notice of Resolution.
A Service member will be promptly informed of the approval or disapproval of his or her request for accommodation in accordance with Table 1.
(1) A Service member’s request for the accommodation of religious practices may be granted in whole or in part. The Service member will be informed in writing of any conditions or limitations placed on the grant that are necessary to meet the DoD’s compelling governmental interest in mission accomplishment, such as, for example, conditions related to:
(a) Deployment;
(b) Health and safety issues relative to particular assignments or types of assignments; or
(c) Training events or ceremonial occasions that require a Service member to conform to military standards to protect health and safety, or maintain good order and discipline.
(2) A Service member whose request is granted in part will be informed, in writing, of the specific elements of that approval.
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