Following graduation this June, Manav Sodhi will help lead a new wave of Sikh soldiers enlisting in the U.S. Army who will be allowed to wear the traditional turban and beard in Basic Combat Training.

For Spc. Harpal Singh, it was a life-time dream to serve in the Army. However, his religious beliefs could have kept him from serving. Singh is a devout Sikh who follows the religions five articles of ...