Highly Decorated Army Chaplain Appeals Career-Ending Punishment for Expressing His Religious Beliefs Chaplain reprimanded after expressing support for DOD policy May 12, 2021 11:09 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute Plano, Texas, UNITED STATES FT. HOOD, Texas, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Army reprimanded Chaplain (Major) Andrew Calvert Chaplain Calvert for using his personal Facebook account to comment on a news article where he expressed his religious beliefs and his support for the Department of Defense’s (DOD) prohibition against transgender service members. At the time of his post, Chaplain Calvert’s statements were fully consistent with and supportive of existing DOD policy. Nevertheless, an Army investigator concluded Chaplain Calvert’s religious beliefs violated Army policy and the Army suspended Chaplain Calvert from his duties as chaplain.