Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first turbaned Sikh to serve in the U.S. Army in almost 30 years, is the featured speaker at the meeting of the Rotary Club of Briarcliff Manor on Friday, September 28, 2012. Major Kalsi, was decorated with the army's fourth highest honor, the Bronze Star, for his services in Afghanistan A doctor who specializes in emergency medicine, he served in one of the bloodiest war theaters in the world, treating hundreds of patients in 2011. On his return, the U.S. Army decorated the Major for "exceptionally meritorious service as an emergency medicine physician."
The Briarcliff Rotary is honored to welcome Major Kalsi, a true embodiment of the Rotary motto, "Service Above Self."
