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  "path": "/pentagon-religion-codes-cut-list/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T00:27:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.airandspaceforces.com",
  "tags": [
    "Personnel",
    "Air Force",
    "Chaplain Corps",
    "chaplains",
    "Maj. Gen. Randall E. Kitchens",
    "Maj. Gen. Steven Schaick",
    "Religion",
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    "From 200-Plus to 31: How the Pentagon Cut Religion Codes",
    "Air & Space Forces Magazine"
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  "textContent": "The Pentagon fulfilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's promise to slash the number of Religious Affiliation Codes used by the military to track the volume of members adhering to different religions and to shape the chaplain corps to support them. The change reduces the number of religions counted for such purposes from more than 200 to just 31.\n\nThe post From 200-Plus to 31: How the Pentagon Cut Religion Codes appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.",
  "title": "From 200-Plus to 31: How the Pentagon Cut Religion Codes"
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