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In December 2003, the Supreme Court of India ruled that Muslims in uniform could grow beards, [2] [3] although the rules have since been changed again (via a Supreme Court ruling in 2018) to once again allow only Sikhs to wear beards. [4] Thus, non-Sikhs serving in the Indian Army or Indian Air Force are not permitted to wear beards. However ...
As the beard is a requirement according to the Rehat Maryada, the current regulation [13] has created a regulatory barrier that has kept observant Sikh men from serving in the United States Armed Forces in large numbers. Retired Colonel GB Singh, applied to serve in the U.S. Army in 1979.
In 2018, as a response to the Department of the Army's 2017 ruling to allow the growth of beards in accordance with religious traditions as an exception to Army Regulation 670-1, a soldier assigned to the 795th Military Police Battalion was given authorization to grow a beard in observance of his heathen faith.
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Indian Navy personnel are allowed to grow beards with the permission of their commanding officer. [4] Exceptions for other religions are made in the case of special forces operatives like the Indian Air Force pilots, the Indian army's Para (Special Forces) soldiers and the navy's MARCOS commandos, who are allowed to grow beards. [5]
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That would better reflect the larger society the Army serves. [103] One waiver for beards has been granted to Army Reserve Chaplain (Rabbi) Jacob Goldstein (originally granted when he served as a chaplain for the New York Army National Guard and continued after his transfer to the United States Army Reserve), [108] who has served since 1977 on ...