The U.S. military requires chaplain candidates to earn graduate degrees that include at least 36 hours of course work in religious study.

In the past, such a rule posed an uneasy challenge for church members in uniform hoping to become an Army, Navy or Air Force chaplain. Without a traditional "divinity" school of their own to attend, LDS candidates often enrolled in a graduate school operated by another religion to satisfy "religious study" requirements.

Now LDS candidates have another option. Since last summer, seven LDS chaplain candidates have been enrolled in Brigham Young University's masters of religious education program. They are participating in graduate courses generally populated by seminary and institute teachers.

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