Army grants Sikh enlistees waiver to its beard policy
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
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.
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