United States Army officer Khallid Shabazz is one of a very small number of American military chaplains who are Muslim.Colonel Shabazz is also the highest-level Muslim chaplain in the U.S. military, says the Army Times newspaper.Although he has had great success, Shabazz has faced many difficulties in his life.A chaplain is a person who performs religious services and gives help and guidance to people.Shabazz serves as command chaplain for U.S. Army Central, the command responsible for land operations in the Middle East.With his position as a colonel, Shabazz is now responsible for tens of thousands of soldiers and supervises other chaplains.Like all military chaplains, he has to be ready to deal with soldiers of all religions."The majority of my job is counseling about domestic issues or 'other kinds of difficulties' and only one percent of my job is actual religious counseling," Shabazz explained.Still, in order to better understand Christian soldiers who make up the majority of the military, Shabazz continued to study Christianity.He even got a doctorate in Christian theology from North Texas Theological Seminary.Shabazz became a Muslim as a young man.
