Recruit Receives Waiver To Balance Service, Faith

摘要

After months of hard work by many people, one of the Washington Air National Guard's newest recruits will no longer have to choose between serving his state and country and practicing his religion. Gurchetan Singh is Sikh and elements of his religion — especially in how he follows the principles of the five Ks (Kesh, Kanga, Kara, Kachera and Kirpan) — cause a conflict with the standards of dress and appearance while in uniform.