Wiccans and pagans in the United States military

Wiccans and pagans in the United States military have, since the close of the 20th century, experienced a gradual increase in official recognition.

[2] A broadly neutral depiction of Wicca for a military audience is found in the 1990 version of the Department of the Army's Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains.

[6][7][8] Though this movement died a "quiet death", on 24 June 1999, then-Governor George W. Bush stated on a television news program, "I don't think witchcraft is a religion and I wish the military would take another look at this and decide against it.

[12] Prior to 2007, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) did not allow the use of the pentacle as an approved emblem of belief on headstones and markers in military cemeteries.

[19] In 2017 a major update to the U.S. Army religious codes added several pagan, Wiccan, Druid, and Heathen classifications to the possible personal identification choices.