Pfc. Jaskirat Singh is the first to graduate from Marine Corps boot camp wearing his articles of faith, his beard and turban. KPBS military reporter Andrew Dyer has the story. A Sikh man became the ...

Pfc. Jaskirat Singh, third from right, marches with other new Marines during graduation from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Friday. (Mark Abramson via the Sikh Coalition) Each morning at ...

Pfc. Nicolas Brooklier, a former Army captain, marches on the parade deck during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 26. (Lance Cpl. Alexandra M. Earl/Marine Corps) ...

Each morning at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jaskirat Singh and his fellow male recruits would stand in front of the mirror in the bathrooms, joking around and getting themselves ready for ...

After four years in the Army, Nicolas Brooklier wasn’t sure what to do next. Brooklier, who had served as a transportation and logistics officer and attained the rank of captain, mulled getting his ...