military
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.
Faith advisory board with Trump ties urges religious vaccine exemptions for military
By Jack Jenkins — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — But at least one prominent Trump evangelical adviser did not sign on to the effort, suggesting division on the issue.
Wiccans in the US military are mourning the dead in Afghanistan this year as they mark Samhain, the original Halloween
By Helen A. Berger — October 20, 2021
(The Conversation) — Samhain will be particularly poignant this year for Wiccans who are members or veterans of the US military as they process the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
Archbishop of the military defends those who refuse vaccines
By Jack Jenkins — October 13, 2021
(RNS) — More than 90% of active-duty Navy personnel and more than 81% of Army and Air Force personnel have already gotten the shots.
Afghan government collapses, Taliban seize control: 5 essential reads
By Catesby Holmes — August 16, 2021
(The Conversation) — The Taliban ‘expect a complete handover of power.’ Experts explain who the Taliban are, what life is like under their rule and how the US may bear responsibility for Afghanistan’s collapse.
Arizona candidate’s claim that he’s a military chaplain draws investigation
By Joseph Hammond — July 14, 2021
(RNS) — A military source told RNS on the condition of anonymity that Stovall was not promoted to a full chaplain at the last chaplain board in June.
Religious groups applaud new Air Force rules allowing turbans, hijabs, beards
By Aysha Khan — February 13, 2020
(RNS) — The new guidelines allow personnel to request a waiver to wear religious apparel, including turbans and hijabs, and to have unshorn hair or beards for religious reasons.
First woman Muslim chaplain commissioned in the US military
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2020
(RNS) — Saleha Jabeen became a second lieutenant in a December ceremony at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
Russian Orthodox Church considers a ban on blessing weapons of mass destruction
By Marc Bennetts — July 9, 2019
MOSCOW (RNS) — The ban would constitute a signal change in the church's official policy regarding Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
Military Bible display at center of religious liberty tussle
By Katelyn Beaty — July 30, 2018
(RNS) — After pressure from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, the Bible was removed from the base's 'Missing Man' table and will be replaced by a multifaith book.
US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troop policy
By David Crary — October 31, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the transgender service members who had sued over Trump's policy were likely to win their lawsuit.
Taking on bigotry, the Air Force got it right this time
By Lauren Markoe — October 6, 2017
(RNS) — A rabbi and former Air Force chaplain cheers the strong anti-bigotry message delivered at the U.S. Air Force Academy last week, and remembers a similar message delivered at an air base in Japan some 40 years ago.
Israeli court annuls law exempting religious from military
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court struck down a 2015 law that granted exemptions from military service to ultra-Orthodox men, in a move that could reignite long-standing tensions between Israel's politically powerful ultra-Orthodox community and the secular Jewish majority.
Trump’s evangelical advisers discussed transgender ban at White House meeting
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 27, 2017
(RNS) — Evangelical leaders who advise the president reportedly discussed reversing the policy during a recent gathering at the White House and sent a letter to the president asking for the action.
Religious leaders respond to Trump’s transgender military ban
By Adelle M. Banks — July 26, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Cheers and condemnations greeted the president's tweet.
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