Parnell said that the change “is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of ‘officially approved’ religions” but is to help chaplains look up the religious composition of their units
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The Department of Defense called the previous faith and belief codes system “unmanageable” and argued it is a mostly administrative update.
