How can the Army have a guide to spiritual fitness without mentioning God?

By @CynicalPublius, retired Army Colonel

So SecWar Pete Hegseth just fired Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the US Army’s (now former) Chief of Chaplains.

I have zero insider information on this, but I have my own theories as to why it happened.

Green’s most important event as the Chief of Chaplains was to produce the United States Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide.”

Published in July of 2025, Stars & Stripes wrote an article on this with a link to the guide.

I’ll save you the trouble of clicking on that link — it goes to the US Army’s website, and it’s “404 Page Not Found.”

That kind of explains a lot, doesn’t it?

So I went and found a full copy of that “Guide” elsewhere (in, of all places, a “Military Atheist” website: https://www.militaryatheists.org/regs/ArmyFM7-22_subv202507-SF-Guide.pdf ).

Go check it out. Do a word search for the word “God.” Go ahead. Do it. It shows up exactly ONCE. How can you have a guide to spiritual fitness without mentioning God?????

But what that “guide” DOES TALK about is a bunch on New Age gobbledygook.

Let me give you a taste:

“The Soldier’s Spirit lies at the intersection of external influences (stimulus) and applied behavior (response). It is the vital junction that supports the weight of life and drives Soldier action. In a relatable way, the Soldier’s spirit is much like a compass in life, providing substance to the direction that they take in life and the decisions they make. This reality makes understanding and developing the Soldier’s spirit crucial, as the direction of a Soldier ultimately shapes the direction and well-being of the Army.”

The primary mission of the Chaplain Corps is to “provide religious support” to soldiers (from their official mission statement).

Yet the US Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide” reads like it was written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on a bender—not a word of encouragement for a soldier’s faith, but pages upon pages of New Age nonsense that makes Universalism sound like rational thought and really does imagine no religion.

Yeah, one does not need to understand why a man of faith like Pete Hegseth fired a wishy washy New Age Pharisee like Green.

So SecWar Pete Hegseth just fired Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the US Army’s (now former) Chief of Chaplains.

I have zero insider information on this, but I have my own theories as to why it happened.

Green’s most important event as the Chief of Chaplains was to produce the…

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) April 3, 2026

Two more highly woke “leaders” removed. @SecWar keeps showing that he is serious about merit based promotions and retention. If you’ve sabotaged the culture of the military with woke racist and sexist nonsense and not defended your troops against such ridiculousness, you… https://t.co/ynADmWTiZM

— Wade Miller (@WadeMiller) April 3, 2026

Speaking from the experience of an anonymous chaplain who knows MG Green better than I do:
“MG Green was not the type to oppose anything the institution did. He pushed DEI in the ranks, supported secular pop psychology over religious guidance in the Chaplain Corps, he gleefully… https://t.co/ZeSLlHxBUW

— Chaplain America (@RealChapAmerica) April 3, 2026

FULL TEXT: Speaking from the experience of an anonymous chaplain who knows MG Green better than I do: “MG Green was not the type to oppose anything the institution did. He pushed DEI in the ranks, supported secular pop psychology over religious guidance in the Chaplain Corps, he gleefully went along with the Covid mandate, stood by through trans madness, and more. When you’ve forsaken your faith for the institution through all that, it is unlikely that he would stop now.”