Military Religious-Affiliation Disclosure Record

PROBLEM: The Defense Manpower Data Center's active-duty affiliation figures show ~71.7% Christian (32.4% no denominational, 19.9% Catholic, 17.9% Protestant, 1.3% Mormon, 0.2% Protestant), 2.3% atheist/agnostic, and a 24.4% "Other/Unclassified/Unknown" bucket — nearly a quarter of the force whose affiliation is simply not stated. A quarter of the force is a blank in the record, and the blank is what lets any claim about the force's faith be made without evidence.

SOLUTION: A religious-affiliation disclosure record: the full affiliation table published with the "unknown" share stated alongside the named shares, and the unknown bucket broken down (never stated vs. stated as "other") — so the record shows what is known and what is blank, side by side.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — DMDC / 2019 congressional report figures via CRS and Snopes: Christian No Denominational 32.4%, Catholic 19.9%, Protestant 17.9%, Atheist/Agnostic 2.3%, Mormon 1.3%, Eastern Religions 0.8%, Judaism 0.4%, Islam 0.4%, Other/Unclassified/Unknown 24.4%. CRS via First Liberty: ~73% of active-duty members identify as people of faith, less than 3% atheist or agnostic, nearly 70% Christian.