A 23-year-old woman of Indian origin on Saturday became the first observant Sikh to graduate from the United States Military Academy, The ...
A 23-year-old woman of Indian origin on Saturday became the first observant Sikh to graduate from the United States Military Academy, The New York Times reported.
Second Lieutenant Anmol Narang, a second-generation immigrant born and raised in Georgia, told the newspaper that her grandfather was in the Indian Army and that played a huge role in her decision. “It was always a big part of my life and something I was always interested in,” she said.
Narang said that she became inspired to serve in the military after visiting the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. She applied to the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, while she was in her junior year of high school.
“I am excited and honoured to be fulfilling my dream of graduating from West Point,” Narang was quoted as saying by the Sikh Coalition, a nonprofit organisation based in New York. “The confidence and support of my community back home in Georgia has been deeply meaningful to me, and I am humbled that in reaching this goal, I am showing other Sikh Americans that any career path is possible for anyone willing to rise to the challenge.”
Narang graduated from West Point with a degree in nuclear engineering. She is now hoping to pursue a career...
