Insignia of chaplain schools in the United States military

Also included on the front side of the emblem were the words "Caring for the warfighter's soul," a phrase which has been called "both the motto and the vision of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center.

"[2] The new facilities were dedicated May 6, 2010,[1] under a plan that rotated the Director of the AFCC among the three military services, each serving in that position for one year at a time.

[3] Current designs all include symbols for shared concepts such as wisdom, learning, faith and peace, instead.

Succeeding changes in design were made on the same dates for both the device (coat of arms) and distinctive unit insignia: December 6, 1961, to show the cross and tablets, with Roman numerals in the tablets; December 23, 1983, to replace the Roman numerals with Hebrew letters, and February 11, 1993, to change to the current insignia for the United States Chaplain Center and School, showing no specific religious symbols.

[4] The Institute of Heraldry describes the symbolism in the design as follows: "Black is the branch color of the Chaplain Corps.

The open book symbolizes the sacred "word" and the divine knowledge and wisdom of religion.

"[4] The first Naval Chaplain School was created in February 1942 when civilian clergy, the majority of whom had no prior military experience, entered the Navy to serve during World War II.

[13] The school's first seal—then referred to as a "Coat of Arms"—was created in 1955, and included the motto "Cooperation without compromise" along with images of a hand or hands symbolizing rituals associated with faith group traditions linked to Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faith group traditions.

In the outer ring of the seal, small versions of the Christian and Jewish chaplain insignia—the cross and the tablets of the Ten Commandments—are also included.

The emblem was revised in 1966, still including the symbols for Christian and Jewish Chaplains, keeping the motto.

When the school moved to the campus of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center, Fort Jackson, (Columbia, South Carolina) in 2010, its name was changed to the USAF Chaplain Corps College and the current emblem was approved.