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 ...

On September 12, 1897, just twenty one Sikh soldiers woke up in a remote outpost called Saragarhi with a bad feeling hanging ...

Sikh Council has reacted to the new grooming policy that the US Army announced, barring permanent shaving waivers beyond religious accommodations. Soldiers could face expulsion if they need shaving ...

The Army last week allowed one Sikh soldier to serve in his beard and turban, but one Senate lawmaker says that doesn’t go far enough, and are asking the military to expand its religious exemption to ...

After James Holmes launched a Batman-movie massacre in Colorado on July 20 that killed 12, the U.S. Army quickly issued a statement declaring that he had never served in an Army uniform. Monday ...

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 ...

Three Sikh-American soldiers filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense Tuesday morning, according to The Sikh Coalition. Specialist Kanwar Singh, Specialist Harpal Singh, and Private ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Ministry of Defense says a Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace while wearing his traditional turban. Ken Paxton launches campaign ...

Soldiers wear real First World War Sikh infantry uniforms and carry period equipment during the 1914 Sikhs Ceremonial Marching Troop launch at Wellington Barracks in London, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.

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 ...

A man who founded a memorial to Sikhs who served in World War One has been made an OBE. Captain Jay Singh-Sohal, chairman of the WW1 Sikh Memorial Fund, was given the honour for services to the ...