The U.S. Army granted a rare religious accommodation to a Fort Leonard Wood staff sergeant who is a member of the “Heathen, Norse Pagan faith.” The move came as a result of the Army authorizing beards ...

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Two guardsmen who follow the Norse Pagan religion were kicked out of the Georgia National Guard for their ties to a white supremacist organization last month. But a Nevada National Guardsman who also ...

A former Premier Health security officer said he was fired for refusing to shave his beard, which the hospital should have allowed him to keep it as a part of his faith as a Norse pagan, also known as ...

The U.S. Army will allow a soldier of Norse Pagan faith to wear a beard on duty. Col. Curtis Shroeder of the 795th Military Police Battalion in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, recently approved of a ...

Citing his belief in an ancient Nordic religion, an Army National Guard member and Alabama native has received a waiver allowing him to wear a beard. Nevada Army Guard Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Hopper, ...