 Upon graduation from basic officer training at Fort Sam Houston as a captain on March 22, 2010 Rattan was also granted an exemption.A third serviceman, Specialist Lamba, who graduated from Fort Jackson in November 2010 was also granted an exemption.After a legal battle, Army Captain Simratpal Singh won a long-term religious accommodation in 2016 that allowed him to maintain the articles of his Sikh faith while serving.