MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A Sikh college student from New York said Monday he is excited about a federal court decision that will permit him to enroll in the U.S. Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps without ...
The social justice reckoning that has taken place in the United States is very public, but in the private ranks of the military, a similar battle is being waged. Sikh Americans who serve in the U.S.
U.S. Army Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan is making history. This week, Rattan, who is an American Sikh, completed his nine-week basic officer training course at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio — making ...
SAN ANTONIO - Amid lines of soldiers, one after the other in standard-issue fatigues and combat boots, was one in a turban and full beard on Monday - the first Sikh in a generation allowed to complete ...
NEW YORK — Military service is in Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi’s blood. His father and grandfather were part of India’s Air Force. His great-grandfather served in the army in India under the British. So ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Army will make an exception to a decades-old rule and allow a Sikh doctor to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair, an advocacy group said Friday.Capt.
An Army policy from the 1980s that regulates the wearing of religious items would mean he would need to shave his beard and remove the turban he wears in accordance with his religious precepts.Kalsi ...
NEW YORK -- Military service is in Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi's blood. His father and grandfather were part of India's air force. His great-grandfather served in the army in India under the British.