Marines must update religious affiliation as service slashes list to 30 options

Marines must update religious affiliation as service slashes list to 30 options

The Pentagon released an updated list of religious affiliations, cutting the options for service members' self-identification from more than 200 to 30.

Marines Face Deadline as Service Cuts Religious Affiliation List to 30 Choices

Marines have less than two months to update their religious affiliation after the service condensed more than 200 available designations into 30 broader options. The deadline for correcting personnel records is Sept. 30, according to an administrative message released Tuesday. The sweeping change is part of a Pentagon wide effort to simplify how the military records faith and belief information. Instead of maintaining hundreds of individual code…