{"id":32569,"date":"2022-12-23T21:24:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T21:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/23\/2-sikhs-can-now-enter-marine-boot-camp-with-turbans-and-beards\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:59:17","slug":"2-sikhs-can-now-enter-marine-boot-camp-with-turbans-and-beards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2022\/12\/23\/2-sikhs-can-now-enter-marine-boot-camp-with-turbans-and-beards\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Sikhs can now enter Marine boot camp with turbans and beards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two Sikh men who have been fighting grooming restrictions that they say violate their religious beliefs can finally ship off to boot camp, a panel of appeals judges decided Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judges J. Michelle Childs, Patricia Millett and Neomi Rao of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction that will allow plaintiffs Milaap Singh Chahal and Jaskirat Singh to go through recruit training with their Sikh articles of faith: unshorn hair, turbans, beards and steel bracelets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t