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.

McLEAN, Va. -- When Simratpal Singh entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point back in 2006, he did something he thought he would never have to do: shave his beard. "One of the hardest things I ...

Congressman Thomas R. Suozzi urged the Pentagon to reevaluate its beard-shaving policy, citing concerns for Sikh, Muslim, and African American service members. He emphasized that religious and ...

For the past 30 years, the Army has barred soldiers from wearing beards, or articles of clothing like turbans, for religious reasons. The service contends they hamper the proper use of gas masks and ...

A Marine artillery captain named Sukhbir Singh Toor has been on a mission over the past year to become the first Sikh in the U.S. Marine Corps allowed to openly practice his religion while in uniform.

CHANDIGARH: The Pentagon’s latest directive rolling back the move that allowed beards for soldiers in the US military has drawn flak from Sikh groups and political parties in Punjab. In his speech at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Sikh U.S. Army captain has been granted a long-term religious accommodation to wear a beard, turban and uncut hair in uniform, a decision supporters hailed on Friday as a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Sikh American deliveryman who claimed his routes at Walt Disney World were restricted so visitors wouldn’t see his turban and unshaved beard has won the right to have the same ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is now allowing Sikh (seek) officers to wear turbans in place of the traditional police cap and grow beards up to a half-inch long for religious reasons.

A man accused of pulling the beard of a Sikh professor before a group of young men who had called the professor "Osama" and a "terrorist" attacked him, has been arrested and charged with a hate crime, ...