Anmol Narang: First Sikh woman of Indian origin to graduates from the US Military Academy
Pune, June 16, 2020: Second Lieutenant Anmol Narang has become the first Sikh to graduate from the American Military Academy. She has completed a four-year course in nuclear engineering from the West Point Military Academy, New York. Narang aspires to work in the field of air defence systems. The graduation ceremony was held on Saturday in the presence of President Donald Trump.
After graduation, she has to complete the Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After this, she will be able to join the US Air force. Narang’s first posting will take place in Okinawa, Japan in January 2021 at an American airbase.
Narang expressed happiness over the achievement and told the American NGO Sikh Coalition, “I am very excited and happy to complete my graduation from West Point Academy. I feel honoured. Georgia’s Sikh community helped me to move forward and boosted my confidence. It means a lot to me. By achieving this goal, I am showing the way to other American Sikhs that they can make a career in any field.”
Narang was born in a Sikh family in Georgia and is a second-generation immigrant. Her early studies took place in Georgia. She took inspiration from her grandfather who was in the Indian Army and decided to pursue a career in this field since childhood. When she attended high school, her family went to see Pearl Harbour National Memorial in Hawaii. From then on, she started preparing to apply to the West Point Military Academy.
