Read a Feb. 19, 2007, Washington Post story about a man removed from the Army’s chaplain corps when he asked to be recognized as a Wiccan chaplain.

Read an Aug. 21, 2007, Christianity Today article about the shortage of Army chaplains.

Read an Aug. 21, 2007, Christianity Today article about parachurch groups’ outreach to troops and their families.

View an April 4, 2008, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly story about Army chaplain training.

Read a June 25, 2008, New York Times story about allegations of religious pressure at the Army and Navy service academies.

Read a transcript of a July 3, 2008, interview with George Washington University church-state expert Robert Tuttle about current issues of faith in the military, posted at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Read an Aug. 29, 2008, American Forces Press Service story from the U.S. Department of Defense about Muslim chaplains.

Read a 2004 report that includes religious preferences in the military (see Page 25). The report found that service personnel were less likely than the general population to have a religious affiliation.

Read the U.S. Department of Defense Directive 1300.17, which governs the accommodation of religious practices in the military services.