[cryptical]

One size fits all chaplains, for all faiths? Standing orders not to invoke the name of God, be it Jesus Christ, Yaweh, or Allah? For CHAPLAINS?

IIRC, the order was not to invoke a specific diety during non-religious ceremonies, i.e. an opening prayer at a change of command.

Not all that unreasonable if you think about it, a chaplain has to minister to all faiths not just their own denomination.

[Nabber]

What I do find to be incredible is that they have told chaplains not to proselytize on duty.

Just unbelievable.

I believe your main mission as a Christian minister is to bring people to Christ, whether you are a chaplain or not.

What are they supposed to say, "Oh, I believe in Christ, but don't take that as an invitation to come to my services."

[RobbyS]

A prayer is essentially religious in character. Forbid the prayer or rescind this order.

[DesScorp]

"Not all that unreasonable if you think about it, a chaplain has to minister to all faiths not just their own denomination."

Ummm, since when? When I was in, Catholics got Priests, Jews got Rabbis, Protestants got Prod Ministers, etc. If your faith didn't have a member in the Chaplain Corps at your command, they let lay servicemembers run the services. I never had a Rabbi or an Imam involved in one of my services. I can understand the principle at a change of command, but I never saw a chaplain that ministered to "all faiths".

[Old Professer]

A slave who serves many masters betrays them all.