Army Grants Accommodations to 3 Sikh-American Soldiers to Serve with Turbans, Beards - NBC News

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"In the past two weeks, we just witnessed the military double the number of accommodations that have been granted to Sikh soldiers in over 30 years," Amandeep Sidhu, partner at McDermott Will & Emery, told NBC News. "These recent religious accommodations represent significant progress for our clients, but still contain troubling restrictions that allow the Army the option to revoke the basic freedom of practicing their faith while serving our country. The Army is making progress, but these recent accommodations alone do not absolve the [Department of Defense] from ending the broader ban that prohibits Sikhs from serving like every other American."

Army Grants Accommodations to 3 Sikh-American Soldiers to Serve with Turbans, Beards - NBC News

Tammy Duckworth to Take on Senate Incumbent After Primary Win - NBC News

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"Tonight, we sent a message that a positive campaign that is focused on solutions for working families and the challenges they face can still be successful," Duckworth said in her primary night remarks. "We sent a message that standing firmly by the values we hold dear — respect, compassion, and tolerance — resonates more deeply than attack ads and negative soundbites. And we sent a message that our grassroots army, filling field offices and labor halls all across this great state, will not let big-money outside groups stop us from winning back this Senate seat."

Tammy Duckworth to Take on Senate Incumbent After Primary Win - NBC News

Sikh-American Army Capt. Seeking to Serve with Turban, Beard Gets Temporary Win - NBC News

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"The Court issued an extremely well-reasoned opinion granting Capt. Singh's request for an order to stop the Army from subjecting him to standards that are different than those that apply to everyone else...The judge made clear that if the Army wants to study the impact of long hair on helmet safety or the impact of facial hair on mask safety, it must do so in a scientifically valid study, not a study of one soldier whose religious liberty is at risk as a result."

Sikh-American Army Capt. Seeking to Serve with Turban, Beard Gets Temporary Win - NBC News

Sikh-American Military Officer Files Lawsuit to Serve with Turban, Beard - NBC News

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"Capt. Singh seeks a religious accommodation for his Sikh articles of faith so that he can continue serving on the same footing as all other soldiers," Harsimran Kaur, legal director of The Sikh Coalition, told NBC News. "Singling out a Sikh officer to submit to a battery of tests - that aren't given to the thousands of others soldiers with similar medical and religious accommodations - is discriminatory, un-American and unconstitutional."

Sikh-American Military Officer Files Lawsuit to Serve with Turban, Beard - NBC News

Meet General Nagata, the Man Leading the Mission to Defeat ISIS - NBC News.com

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"Mike Nagata is as good as we have," Wade Ishimoto wrote about Nagata's reputation as a strategist, tactician, and planner in the Japanese American Veterans Association JAVA Advocate. "There is no doubt that if anyone can succeed in this tough task, it will be Mike Nagata."

Meet General Nagata, the Man Leading the Mission to Defeat ISIS - NBC News.com

Sikh-American Student Challenges ROTC Rules - NBC News.com

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"Ever since the army changed its grooming regulations back in the 1980's," said Manmeet Singh, staff attorney for United Sikhs, "it led to a presumptive ban on devout Sikhs from serving in the armed forces."

Sikh-American Student Challenges ROTC Rules - NBC News.com