Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the use of religious symbols for military chaplain insignia, uniforms, emblems, flags, and chapels; symbolic gestures, actions, and words use
Insignia for Christian, Muslim, and Jewish chaplains (left to right) are shown on the uniforms of three U.S. Navy chaplains, 1998. These were the only insignia in use at that time.
The "Shepherd's Crook," the original insignia authorized for U.S. Army chaplains, 1880–1888, and still included as part of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps regimental insignia
Early army chaplain uniforms used the color black as a symbol of a ministerial presence, before corps insignia had been instituted
WWI Army uniform coat with Christian Chaplain insignia
The United States Navy Chaplain Corps is the body of military chaplains of the United States Navy who are commissioned naval officers. Their principal purpose is "to promote the spiritual, religious,
Religious symbolism in the United States military
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Navy Chaplain (Fr.) George Pucciarelli wears a stole over his Marine Corps camouflage uniform that he donned to deliver Last Rites after the 1983 truck bomb attack. He tore off a piece of his uniform to make a new kippa for Jewish chaplain Arnold Resnicoff, as they ministered side-by-side to all Marines
On 1 July 1944, Chaplain Lindner reads the benediction held in honor of USS South Dakota shipmates killed in the air action off Guam
Chaplain Joseph T. O'Callahan ministers to an injured man aboard USS Franklin, 1945.