(RNS) — After eliminating about 180 faith groups from its list of recognized religions, the Department of Defense moved quickly to revise the list once again on Monday (June 8) in response to ...

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 Pentagon has updated its list of verified religious affiliations for service members used in personnel systems and removed the “Christian” designation from several faiths after facing backlash ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The researchers studied four captive belugas housed at the New York Aquarium of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Marine Mind / Abigail Carleen Dahl, CC-BY 4.0 Belugas are highly intelligent marine ...

Beluga whales have some of the most iconic faces in the sea, with their marshmallow noggins and upturned mouths—and a new paper reveals they’re more self-aware than previously known. The whales join a ...

Dyson released the V15 Detect in 2021, and it was the first cordless stick vacuum to feature a green laser light for dust detection. Since then, I’ve tried plenty of other models that have dust ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A four-legged crime fighter is getting praise at Philadelphia International Airport after helping uncover thousands of dollars in hidden cash. Nitro, a currency detection K-9 ...