The Pentagon has reduced the number of its official religion categories from 211 to 30. In a May 20 memo titled “Implementation Guidance for Updated Religious Affiliation Codes,” Anthony Tata, the ...

Military.com broke the story of how the department dramatically reduced its religion and belief list by 180. Utah lawmakers were among those expressing discontent with the Department of Defense's new ...

The Defense Department moved last month to cut roughly 180 religion codes from its previous list of about 220 recognized faiths. The new list, expected to take effect in July, recognizes 31 religious ...

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The Department of Defense has significantly reduced the number of recognized religious affiliation codes used across the military, consolidating roughly 200 categories down to 31 in a broader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Defense moved this week to dramatically reduce the number of recognized religions, faiths and belief systems ...

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(RNS) — The Department of Defense is substantially reducing the number of religions it officially recognizes, reportedly excluding atheists, pagans, humanists and New Age faiths, an independent ...

The Department of War has officially removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions, acting on a change previously announced by War Secretary Pete Hegseth. The U.S. Military Chaplain Corps ...

The seal is seen on a podium at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington, before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Military.com has learned that the ...

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