It is time for the Army Chaplain Corps to validate and serve all those who fight and win our nation’s wars, regardless of orientation, says the author of this commentary.

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- With more than 240 years in service, the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps is just as established as the Army itself and, like the Army, it exists to serve a purpose greater than self.

Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey marks the first-ever co-production between Hollywood and the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.

Paulist Productions/U.S. Army Chaplains Corps Hull, a veteran producer who makes his directorial debut with Fighting Spirit, said, “To screen this film at The Vatican was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.

A documentary now in theaters, "Fighting Spirit," tells the stories of America's combat chaplains of all faiths; they are soldiers who are sent out into the battlefield without weapons.

The Chaplain Corps, which over time has included eight Medal of Honor recipients, enables the soldier’s constitutionally-mandated free exercise of religion, Green said.

Rather than go through basic training, chaplains and chaplain candidates attend the 12-week Chaplain Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Jackson, according to the Army.

A chaplain in training at Fort Jackson died at a Columbia SC area hospital after collapsing during a run at the US Army base, officials said.

The Chaplain Corps held a ribbon cutting on post at Fort Jackson to honor the transition of the U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership (USAIRL) previously known as the Army Chaplain Center ...

Marking the first-ever co-production between Hollywood and the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, Fighting Spirit ‘s story begins when the remains of prisoner-of-war and Army combat chaplain Emil Kapaun ...