The first female chaplains officially began serving in the military during the 1970s. Today, women of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps serve in diverse roles at all levels and represent a variety of ...

The Army Chaplain Corps is richer and more effective with women in the ranks, and this July we celebrate 50 years of sacred service by women chaplains in the U.S. Army.

Lawson’s current duties include spearheading the recruiting process for accession chaplains and chaplain candidates — and with women making up just 5 percent of the active-duty Army Chaplain ...

(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.’ (RNS) — The Army has promoted an active-duty ...

The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps has been led exclusively by Christians. It's time for its highest ranks to diversify. Can it really be that no rabbi, ... Muslims, women, Mormons, ...

The chief of the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps delivered a message Tuesday to anyone worried about joining the chaplaincy during a pandemic: Uncle Sam needs you. “If you’re in the pipeline, don ...

Muslims chaplains have served since 1993, and the Army appointed its first division-level Muslim chaplain last year: Lt. Col. Khallid Shabazzat Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Wash. Credit ...

An Oxford-trained theologian named Jason Heap, who doesn't believe in God, wants to become the first humanist chaplain in the U.S. Navy. That's sparked a backlash, though there are 13,000 active ...

He learned about Wicca, ironically, from the Army in a 2005 overview of various faiths at the Chaplain’s Basic Training Course at Ft. Jackson, S.C. Painful, internal conflict ...