Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says his latest reforms will allow the Chaplain Corps to fulfill its mission of being the spiritual backbone of America’s military.
The number of faith codes used in the service has been winnowed down to 31, according to a War Department news release.
In 2017, the Pentagon issued a list of 221 groups that qualify as a religious group. The list included Wiccans and atheists, according to Stars and Stripes.
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“The previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes,” Hegseth said Tuesday.
“It was impractical and unusable, and many codes were never used at all,” Hegseth said, adding that most of the 82 percent of service members who identify as being religious used six of the codes.
The reduction “brings the codes in line with its original purpose, giving chaplains clear, usable information so they can minister to service members in a way
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