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AFROTC grants accommodations for first Sikh cadet
July 19, 2022
Air Force ROTC Cadet Gursharan Virk, third from left, takes part in Detachment 255’s color guard ceremony at a football game at the University of Iowa in 2021. Virk is the first Sikh ROTC cadet to be granted religious accommodations by the Air Force in observation of his faith. The accommodations include wear of a turban and facial hair. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force graduates first fully religiously accommodated Sikh Airman from Security Forces Apprentice Course
October 3, 2019
Airman Sunjit Rathour graduated from BMT June 13, 2019, as the first trainee to complete the 8-and-half week training with permission to wear a turban with uncut beard, uncut hair, necklace and bracelet in observation of his Sikh faith. This accommodation remained through his participation in the Security Forces apprentice course and will continue during his time as an active duty Airman.