May 2024

Table of Contents

Front Cover: AI-generated cover image of a priest seated on a box and wearing a collar in uniform as well as an over-the-top amount of beads while other soldiers listen to his message.

Senior Leader Reflections

• From the Chief of Chaplains
  By Chaplain (Major General) William (Bill) Green, Jr.
• From the Regimental Sergeant Major
  By Sergeant Major Meaghan B. Simmons

From the Editor

• Through the AI Looking Glass
  By Adam Tietje

Research Articles

• Representing the Moral Warrior: The Just War Tradition, Military Chaplains, and Moral Leadership
  By Dr. Daniel Bell
• Legal Religion: Judicial Discourse and the Historical Underpinnings of the First Amendment
  By Chaplain (Major) Patrick Stefan
• Force Management and Organizational Capability in Joint Base Religious Support
  By Master Sergeant Eric Tysinger

Best Practices

• Chaplain Pursuit of ‘Buffered Selves:’ Shepherding the Tough in Spirit
  By Chaplain (Major) Luke Heibel
• Sacred Speech in Future Armed Conflict
  By Chaplain (Major) Brandon Denning and Chaplain (Major) Daniel Werhol
• Leading in Gaps: Intentional Leadership During Times of Military Assignment Transitions
  By Chaplain (Major) Peter Robinson and Chaplain (Captain) Marcus Marroquin

Book Reviews

• The Coming Wave
  Reviewed by Mr. William Hubick Vance
• Generations
  Reviewed by Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Sean A. Levine
• Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in post-9/11 America
  Reviewed by Dr. Joshua Morris
• The Great Dechurching
  Reviewed by Major Jessica Dawson
• Creativity, Theology, and Posttraumatic Growth
  Reviewed by Chaplain (Major) Soojin Chang

Get to Know Your Chaplain Corps

• U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership