FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 25, 2010) -- For the first time in 23 years, the U.S. Army is allowing a pair of Sikh Soldiers to keep their hair and beard intact and wear a turban. More than 60 ...

3 was another historic step the U.S. Army has taken in accepting practicing Sikhs into the military. Earlier this year, Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan was the first Sikh in a generation allowed to ...

U.S. Army 1st Lt ... But in order to serve in the U.S. military, rules state that Singh would have to cut his hair and remove his turban. "For a Sikh, to cut your hair, to remove your turban ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The U.S. Army has graduated its first Sikh (seek) enlisted man in a generation after granting a rare religious exemption for his turban and beard because the military needs ...

Army Maj. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, who attended the hearing in his camouflage turban, said afterward that Sikhs will continue to petition Congress and the military to change the policy to prevent ...

Sikhs made up more than 20% of the British Indian Army at the outbreak of ... that were made by the Sikh soldiers and I think it's important for us, because it shows that at times of need, we ...

Major Daljinder Singh Virdee is in the British Army ... us spiritually," he said. Nitnem Gutkas were first issued to military personnel more than a century ago, along with other articles of the ...

There are three Sikh American soldiers — with turbans and beards — who are serving in the U.S. Army. These three individuals — Maj. Kamal Singh Kalsi, Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan and Spc.

Present US Army policy still excludes Sikhs who maintain their turban and beard. Sikhs in the US military may maintain their religiously-mandated turban and unshorn hair only if they receive an ...