Editing Royal Australian Navy (section)

==== Chaplains and Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officers ====
[[File:Royal Australian Navy Chaplain and MSWO Rank Insignia.png|thumb|Rank Insignia for Royal Australian Navy Chaplains and Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officers (from 2021).]]Chaplains in the Royal Australian Navy are commissioned officers who complete the same training as other officers in the RAN at the Royal Australian Naval College, HMAS Creswell. From July 2020, Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officers (MSWOs) were introduced to the Navy Chaplaincy Branch, designed to give Navy people and their families with professional, non-religious pastoral care and spiritual support.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=Department of|date=2020-05-11|title=New chaplaincy branch reflects secular care option|url=https://news.defence.gov.au/service/new-chaplaincy-branch-reflects-secular-care-option|access-date=2021-11-01|website=news.defence.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101060109/https://news.defence.gov.au/service/new-chaplaincy-branch-reflects-secular-care-option|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the Royal Australian Navy, Chaplains and MSWOs are commissioned officers without rank. For reasons of protocol, ceremonial occasions and for saluting purposes, they are, where appropriate, normally grouped with Commanders (O-5).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/about-navy/ranks |title=Ranks |author=Royal Australian Navy |date= |website=navy.gov.au |access-date=2024-01-01 |quote=...&nbsp;Chaplains and MSWOs are commissioned officers without rank. However, for ceremonial and protocol purposes they are, where appropriate, normally grouped with Commanders (O-5).&nbsp;...}}</ref> The more senior Division 4 Senior Chaplains are grouped with Captains (O-6) and Division 5 Principal Chaplains are grouped with Commodores (O-7), but their rank slide remains the same. Principal Chaplains and MSWOs, however, have gold braid on the peak of their white service cap.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}

From January 2021, MSWOs and all chaplains wear the branch's new non-faith-specific rank insignia of a fouled anchor overlaying a compass rose, which represents a united team front, encompassing all faiths and purpose. Chaplains and MSWOs have insignia that reflect their religion on collar mounted patches (Cross for Christian, Crescent for Muslim etc, Compass rose for MSWOs.)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Royal Australian Navy|title=Chaplains|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/chaplains|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.navy.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101060120/https://www.navy.gov.au/chaplains|url-status=live}}</ref>