WASHINGTON — The Army recently celebrated its 250th birthday — two and a half centuries of defending the nation since standing up, June 14, 1775. Not long after, on July 29, 1775, the Army Chaplain ...

Chaplains and enlisted religious affairs specialists in Korea read last rites to dying soldiers and ran memorial services in the field.

Chaplain Corps gathers for Flags In to honor the fallen on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery, May 21, 2026.

"Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain's Journey" is a new documentary that tells the stories of America's combat chaplains. Released in theaters on Nov. 8, the film is the result of many years of ...

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COPPERAS COVE – When retired U.S. Army chaplain Lt. Col. Darren Coleman served in Iraq in 2007-08, part of his duties included flying to designated areas of the country ministering to soldiers at ...

The family of Chaplain (Major General) Bill Green Jr., U.S. Army chief of chaplains, pins on his new rank during a promotion ceremony on March 15 at the U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership at ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Chaplain Doug Carver about the role of the military chaplain — 250 years after George Washington advocated for chaplains during wartime. War is morally complicated.

Twenty days after the outbreak of the Korean War on July 16, 1950, 34-year-old Catholic military chaplain Emil Kapon ...

When Msgr. John McLaughlin was asked to serve as the Archdiocese of the Military Services' first-ever vocations director, he took the assignment for ...

Barack Obama called him a 'shepherd in combat boots.' Now, the Vatican may give Father Emil Kapaun an even greater title.