The early 2000s saw not only the War on Terror but also the radical transformation of the shape and character of the RAChD. In 2000, the Department’s regular chaplains were male, Christian and part of an organisation that remained confessionally divided. However, and in the space of a decade, its two branches were merged in a process of Convergence; a new (if rather hazy) model of ‘all souls’ ministry was embraced; its base of sending Churches was broadened to embrace Pentecostalism; female chaplains were commissioned; and a new category of tri-service Civilian Chaplains to the Military (representing the Sikh, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist and Jewish faiths) had been created and incorporated. However, and though buoyed by ecumenical currents and driven by the principles of the McGill Report, this transition was not pain free. Convergence was widely resisted in Catholic circles, while the impetus behind the creation of the Civilian Chaplains to the Military was provided by an unrelenting governmental equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Nevertheless, these changes were remarkable, accomplished as they were against a background of severe operational demands and organisational strain.