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More about the base is available from the military's Fort Hood website.

More about military chaplains is available from The Military Chaplains' Association of the United States of America.

PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly profiled Captain Joseph Angotti, a Catholic priest and military chaplain.

To learn what it takes to be a chaplain in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, see their websites.

Other Christianity Today articles on military chaplains include:

Faith and Fear on the Truman | How one Navy chaplain helps men and women face combat. (April 01, 2003)

Air Force Chaplains Allege Bias | Independent survey finds perceptions of racial, gender, and religious discrimination. (Oct. 18, 01)

Judge Allows Class Action Suit Against Navy | 'Non-liturgical' chaplains complain of bias in Naval promotion, hiring. (August 22, 2002)

More Navy Chaplains Allege Discrimination | "We're not on the same ground as the high church group or the Catholics," say evangelicals. (April 18, 2002)

Air Force Chaplains Allege Bias | Independent survey finds perceptions of racial, gender, and religious discrimination. (October 18, 2001)

Judge Says Chaplain Can Sue Navy | Evangelicals say Catholics and liturgical Protestants are more likely to be promoted. (August 1, 2001)

More Navy Chaplains Allege Discrimination | "We're not on the same ground as the high church group or the Catholics," say evangelicals. (April 18, 2001)

Evangelicals File Bias Suit Against Navy | Claims made that complaints of religious discrimination have been ignored. (May 22, 2000)

The Just - Chaplain Theory | The church need not divorce the military to remain a godly counterculture. (July 27, 2000)

Irreconcilable Differences | The church should divorce the military. (March 6, 2000)

Wiccans Practice on U. S. Bases | Court okays pagan ceremonies. (July 12, 1999)

Military Chaplains Win Speech Case | U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Sporkin of Washington, D.C., ruled April 7 that the military violated the First Amendment rights of chaplains by forbidding them to advocate a ban on partial-birth abortion. (June 16, 1997)

Military Chaplains Sue Over 'Project Life' Ban | Government-financed chaplains have been a long-standing fixture in the U.S. armed forces, despite the arguments of those who claim the practice amounts to unconstitutional government support of religion. This enduring relationship faces a new challenge as a result of support for the pro-life movement among military chaplains. (Dec. 9, 1996)

A collection of articles on the War in Iraq is available on our website.

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December 2004, Vol. 48, No. 12