Removing the small codes does not consolidate a scattered population. It makes that population harder to see and therefore harder to staff for, plan around and justify spending on.
LDS Church added back to Pentagon list after outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slashed the number of religious affiliations recognized by the Pentagon from more than 200 to 31 and set off a political firestorm in the process. The loudest reaction came when U.S. Sen. Mike Hill, R-Utah, and…
How a fight over 300 chaplains and $48,000 is tearing apart the ACNA
Beneath the salacious headlines from the Anglican Church in North America lies a high-stakes battle about military chaplaincy. Although one of the nation’s smaller Christian denominations, the ACNA endorses a disproportionately massive share of United States military chaplains. And that…