A solution would be to ask the ANZACS.

I, too, come from a long line of soldiers and I never heard one of them say anything disparaging about Chaplains, quite the reverse and always a special mention of the "Salvo Bloke".

My own experience of Army Chaplains was always positive, especially one who was kicked out of Korea for disobeying a lawful command; he'd been forbidden to go out anymore to bring in wounded as it was thought that he was risking his life to often.

The very next day he went out again, was spotted by the Colonel and was in Japan by nightfall.

This ANZAC Day I was at the Dawn Service and was chatting to two Sikh veterans and they had no problems with it being a Christian service.

Army Chaplains have more bravery awards, on a per capita basis than any other comparable group in the service.