Army
In court ruling, Sikh recruits can attend USMC training while keeping beards and turbans
By Alejandra Molina — December 23, 2022
(RNS) — 'No one should have to choose between serving God and country,' said Eric Baxter, an attorney with a religious liberty legal group that is representing the Sikh recruits.
The unlikely story of America’s highest ranking Muslim soldier and TikTok favorite
By Joseph Hammond — January 24, 2022
(RNS) — A chance encounter with an army chaplain put Colonel Khallid Shabazz's military career on a different path.
Army makes history promoting Black woman chaplain to colonel
By Adelle M. Banks — September 3, 2020
(RNS) — Chaplain (Col.) Monica R. Lawson said: ‘just in case you didn’t figure it out, it took us 245 years for this moment to happen.’
For military families, this church aims to be manna from heaven
By Yonat Shimron — August 11, 2018
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — Manna Church has found a way to keep many young military families by building a church home for them wherever they go.
Army: Soldiers can wear turbans, beards, hijabs
By Adelle M. Banks — January 5, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Sikh Americans hailed the decision, which they have sought for years.
Army will let Sikh officer keep turban, beard on active duty
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 1, 2016
(RNS) The Army concluded that to allow beards for medical reasons but ban them for religious reasons was discriminatory.
Chaplain violated Army rule in promoting Christian book
By Tom Vanden Brook — June 12, 2015
WASHINGTON — An active-duty Army chaplain has published a book titled "Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger" and appeared in a video in uniform to promote it, raising questions about the service endorsing Christianity as the Pentagon wages wars in Muslim countries.
Army chaplains need training to help suicidal soldiers
By Gregg Zoroya — April 9, 2015
Chaplains who are part of the Army's first line of defense against suicide say they need more training in how to prevent soldiers from killing themselves, according to a newly published survey.
Army approves ‘humanist’ as religious preference
By Adelle M. Banks — April 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The change comes against a backdrop of persistent claims from atheists and other nonbelievers that the military is dominated by a Christian culture that is often hostile to unbelief.
Israel’s parliament passes law requiring yeshiva students’ army service
By Michele Chabin — March 12, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The yeshiva student exemptions have created a deep rift in Israel, where nearly all men and women are drafted for up to three years of military service.
Christian solider opposes war: An interview Logan Mehl-Laituri
By Jonathan Merritt — September 12, 2013
After five years of service, Army Sergeant Logan Mehl-Laituri changed his status from active soldier to conscientious objector.
Humanists want a military chaplain to call their own
By Kimberly Winston — July 22, 2013
(RNS) The Humanist Society -- like all organizations that represent nonbelievers -- is not among the Department of Defense’s list of approximately 200 groups allowed to endorse chaplains. They want to change that.
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