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Meme Historians Are Having a Field Day as the Pentagon’s ‘Hegseth Military Faith List Changes’ Essentially Turns Chaplain Duty Into a Medieval RPG Character Select Screen
In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the latest Pentagon memo detailing “hegseth military faith list changes” has become the internet’s favorite punchline, as historians and meme lords alike point out the glorious irony: Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, who famously argued for “leaving the woke mob at the gate,” just created the most elaborate diversity checklist since the DMV started offering pronouns. The new list, which reportedly prioritizes “warrior ethos” over “spiritual diversity” by basically trimming down official faith recognitions to only the most battle-hardened denominations, has spawned a thousand memes of confused soldiers trying to figure out if their Jedi or Pastafarian status still counts for MRE exemptions. The real kicker? The list changes are supposedly meant to “streamline” spiritual support, but the official memo is longer than the Book of Mormon and includes a footnote that seems to suggest “Satanic Temple members can still hang out in the motor pool.” Internet historians are already calling this the spiritual equivalent of ordering a pizza and getting a 900-page theological dissertation on why pepperoni isn’t infantry-approved.