In the words of an official US Army news article, a military chaplain “spreads his faith” during his deployment to Kuwait:

When [Chaplain (1LT) David] Frommer is not directing services, the Yale University graduate with Third Army/ARCENT’s assistance has been able to administer religious support to Soldiers throughout Kuwait and Afghanistan, as well as have service members transported to Camp Arifjan for spiritual guidance.

Chaplain Frommer is described as the US Army’s first “cantor,” and the US Army Chaplain has an interesting military history — as he once served in the Israeli military:

“I felt like as a Jewish-American it was wrong to stand by and let the Israelis fight their own battle,” said Frommer. “In the synagogue, we say that we are one people with them.”

The chaplain has an interesting summary of the impact on a servicemember’s faith on their entire well-being:

“Faith can be an incredible source of strength for all soldiers; a source of comfort; a source of peace, and a source of optimism during a deployment…The biggest threat toward our soldiers has nothing to do with the enemy…the biggest threat has to do with our own minds. When we start to feel depressed, when we start to feel like our mission has no value or our place here is not appreciated, faith in those moments has an incredible ability to provide us with a different perspective.”