The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) arrives in Singapore on May 24, 2024, during a tour of the Indo-Pacific. The Pacific ...

(RNS) — After eliminating about 180 faith groups from its list of recognized religions, the Department of Defense moved quickly to revise the list once again on Monday (June 8) in response to ...

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has revamped a list of religious faiths and traditions it uses to provide services to military members after Mormon Republican lawmakers blasted the agency for not ...

The Pentagon has reduced the number of its official religion categories from 211 to 30. In a May 20 memo titled “Implementation Guidance for Updated Religious Affiliation Codes,” Anthony Tata, the ...

Military.com broke the story of how the department dramatically reduced its religion and belief list by 180. Utah lawmakers were among those expressing discontent with the Department of Defense's new ...

The Pentagon has updated its list of verified religious affiliations for service members used in personnel systems and removed the “Christian” designation from several faiths after facing backlash ...

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The Department of Defense has significantly reduced the number of recognized religious affiliation codes used across the military, consolidating roughly 200 categories down to 31 in a broader ...

The Department of Defense moved this week to dramatically reduce the number of recognized religions, faiths and belief systems from more than 200 all the way to 31. The move was announced to troops in ...

The Department of War has officially removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions, acting on a change previously announced by War Secretary Pete Hegseth. The U.S. Military Chaplain Corps ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii doctor was nationally recognized Friday for his work improving the lives of Hawaii residents with mental health conditions. The National Alliance on Mental Illness ...

SEOUL – North Korea does not appear to be keen on external engagements at present, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, who made his first visit in eight years to Pyongyang from May 26 to 27.