An May 31, 2013, opinion piece published in the New York Times that asks if force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike constitutes torture. The question came about after detainees in the U.S.’s Guantánamo Bay prison facility in Cuba refused to be fed in protest of new rules.

Jason Torpy is president of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers. A West Point graduate, he served in Germany, Kuwait and Iraq before leaving the service in 2005 to pursue a master’s degree. He lives in New York City.

Col. Arthur J. Athens is the director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. He has a diverse background spanning the military, higher education, and the non-profit sector.

Oct. 13, 2006, The New York Times article about Sgt. Ricky Clousing, a Christian soldier who was sentenced to 11 months of confinement for going AWOL during the Iraq war.  

June 28, 2000, The Christian Century article, which argues that military service is compatible with Christianity.

Article from the July 4-11, 2001, issue of The Christian Century which wrestles with the question of whether military service is Christian.

March 26, 2003, Slate article that outlines the benefits war protests have had for the United States.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is the largest military medical center in the U.S., serving military beneficiaries in the Washington, D.C. area as well as those from across the country and around the globe.

The National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF) is a Virginia-based organization that recruits, endorses and provides oversight for chaplains in all branches of the military.