This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A250953. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The purpose of this thesis was to look for the existence of role conflict in Muslim military members. Both the military and Islam were argued to be "greedy institutions" (Coser 1974) in that each demands its members to enact "master statuses" (Hughes 1945: 357). This thesis focuses on three potential areas in an effort to determine the existence of role conflict: military policies, military chaplains, and Muslim military members. Although evidence was found of role conflict, many Muslim military members were able to integrate these two roles by viewing their work as a calling or looking forward to opportunities to change existing policies.
