(The Center Square) – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a new directive to revamp the U.S. military Chaplain Corps. The new directive was issued one week after a Department of Justice Religious Liberty Commission held a hearing and heard testimony about systemic deficiencies preventing service members from practicing their faith. 

Changes are coming after the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the Army and Navy Chaplain Corps, all celebrated their 250th anniversaries this year. They were all established in 1775 by the Continental Congress and General George Washington.

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