Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi (b. 1988)
b. Jalandhar District, India
Kalsi v. Department of Defense (2009)
Do you Know? Captain Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi is a medical doctor in the US Army.
What: Kalsi protested his commander's request to take off his turban and shave his beard.
Decision: Kalsi was granted an exemption to the Army regulation.
Today: Sikh individuals are able to wear turbans and beards anywhere in the United States.
(Portrait by Yazmin Sandoval, SFSU 2020)