Pentagon Cuts 180 Religious Identities From Military Personnel Records

Scritto il 05/06/2026
da John Ismay, Alexandra E. Petri and Aimee Ortiz

The new policy, which the Pentagon framed as a largely administrative action, leaves just 31 religious categories to choose from, 22 of which are Christian.In a video posted to social media on March 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the military’s chaplain corps had been “infected by political correctness and secular humanism” under previous administrations.