Air Force Awards Chaplains Service

According to an AF.mil article, the Air Force has announced the winners of the 2007 Chaplain Service Awards.  Among many others was included the “Spirit of the Four Chaplains Award,” which honors the memory of the four Chaplains lost on the USAT Dorchester 65 years ago this year.  In the quartet there was a Catholic Priest, Jewish Rabbi, and two Protestant Chaplains.  More information on the four Chaplains can be seen on the website of the Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation, which

exists to further the cause of “unity without uniformity” by encouraging goodwill and cooperation among all people.

“Unity without uniformity” may be an excellent way to describe the necessary relationships among those of varying faiths in the military today–where Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines work together without any requirement that they necessarily believe the same tenets (or are required to accept the truth claims of another system).