Posted on 11/11/2010 6:57:06 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The U.S. Army has graduated its first Sikh (seek) enlisted man in a generation after granting a rare religious exemption for his turban and beard because the military needs his language skills.
The turban, unshorn hair and beard are tenets of the Sikh religion. Army policies since 1984 had effectively prevented Sikhs from enlisting by barring those items.
Spc. Simran Lamba was recruited under a special program seeking speakers of two Indian languages, Hindi and Punjabi. The 26-year Indian immigrant from New Delhi completed basic training Wednesday at Fort Jackson outside Columbia and became a U.S. citizen.
He will be a combat medic.
The Army has two Sikhs who became medical officers this year, but it hasn't had one in the enlisted ranks.
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Sikh and you shall find.
Would trust a Sikh watching my back.
A Sikh is a great addition to any army, IMHO
A Sikh is a great addition to any army, IMHO
Good luck to him.
Sikhs make most excellent soldiers, and while having basically a peaceful word view (they do not proselytize) they are fearsome enemies to the Mohammedans.
While they are less than 2% of the Indian population, they make up about 15% of the military and 20% of the Indian Officer Corps.
Following is an example of the Sikh Martial and Musical spirit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8iUJ2yD27k
As a veteran, I can say that I would have no trouble whatsoever serving with Sikh Soldiers.
Back in the 1960’s Sikhs had no trouble getting into the military. I know of one guy who got a letter in the mail one day just telling him to show up. He went were he was told and a rather angry man with sargent’s stripes told him “Take that dam thing off yer head!”. The next thing he knows he’s in Alabama flying helicopters. Apparently somebody in the army had heard of Gandhi and thought Sikhs were pacifists, so they made sure he wasn’t armed when they sent him out to fly dust off in Vietnam. He broke 3 Huey’s in 6 months so they let him go home where he got a nice safe job flying crop dusters in the valley. And so it goes.
Sikhs are cool.
He can’t NOT
If they don’t have any problems with killing hajis, then I don’t have any problems with them.
A Fellow I know who runs a gun shop returned from lunch on day and was going over the paperwork of guns sold while he was gone.
He picks up a xerox of a DL and shouts who sold the gun to the raghead!
I took a look, explained to him the the man is a Sikh and that they are on our side.
When I told him that their religion says they must wear a kirpan at all times, he thought that was pretty cool.
Indira Gandhi would beg to differ :-) But I’m glad the Army made the exception for him and his turban does look pretty cool with the Army emblem on it.
Awesome. The Sikhs are powerful allies in our new crusade. They make for a fearsome enemy.
Sikhs are fiesty. The county cops had to break up a fight in the local temple’s parking lot. One guy knocked another guy’s turban off and , apparently, that’s a green light for a brawl.
Would venture a guess that this fellow graduated top of the class...
We need more warriors like this. We ought to bring in a goodly number and surround Dearborn.
BTW what happened to deporting criminals. We ought to have the deportable criminals farmed out to Chinese prisons. It would be cheaper than taking care of them here. Outsource the deportable criminals.
Are Sikhs the warriors whose sword must taste blood before being retuned to the sheath?
Was the Gunga Din a Sikh?
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