Document. "Self-Perceptions of the Military Chaplain" ~ 10-page paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Boston, Massachusetts. ~ Zahn discusses the role tension a military chaplain faces between his commitments to the morality of the church and the immorality of the military. He spends much time citing a statistical study done on the role tention of miitary chaplains. He concludes that the chaplain sees himself primarily as a clergyman, and that the full importance of his work is not recognized by the group or seen as essential. ~ Presented 10/26