The Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC) is a jurisdiction that provides canonical residence for all chaplains requiring professional ecclesiastical endorsement for the Anglican Church in North America, for the Church of Nigeria North American Mission and other Anglican groups.

When provisions for a "Special Jurisdiction" in the ACNA canons was created in June 2014, the Diocese of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, renamed the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC) in 2013, and by a protocol agreement between the Church of Nigeria and the ACNA, became the entity fulfilling the canonical role of the "Special" Jurisdiction for the ACNA, but remains a diocese of the Church of Nigeria.

Just as other cooperative diocesan entities of the ACNA, the JAFC remains its own ministry corporately formed in the State of Alabama and is a 501(c)(3) organization.

The JAFC, as the Special Jurisdiction for the ACNA, supports the endorsement and care of chaplains serving in the United States Armed Forces, with federal and local governments, hospitals, law enforcement and other professional chaplaincies requiring formal ecclesiastical endorsement.

The new bishops' consecration took place on 12 April 2018, at St. Peter's Anglican Church, in Mountain Brook, Alabama.