May 09, 2016
A D.C. federal judge refused Friday to temporarily expand a U.S. Army religious accommodation allowing a Sikh captain to serve with a beard and turban, admitting the Army's desire to regularly assess the accommodation's impact on his unit's morale was "troubling" but saying he proved no irreparable harm.
April 01, 2016
The U.S. Army has granted a religious accommodation allowing a Sikh captain to serve with a beard and turban, a move that follows a court order last month that barred the Army from requiring the captain to undergo extra helmet and mask tests as it weighed his accommodation request.
March 04, 2016
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily barred the Army from ordering a Sikh captain to undergo extensive helmet and face mask tests as it considers whether to allow him to continue serving with a beard and a turban, saying the Army appeared to be treating the captain differently from other soldiers with similar grooming accommodations.
March 01, 2016
A Sikh U.S. Army captain has sued the Pentagon over requirements that he undergo rigorous helmet and face mask testing to determine whether he can continue serving with a beard, turban and unshorn hair, asking a D.C. federal court to bar the Army from making the tests a condition of his employment.