The U.S. Army released a spirituality guide to help soldiers gauge their spiritual fitness, much like they would their physical fitness.

The 112-page guide lays out spiritual fitness principles, stages of development and training among other areas across nine chapters.

In addition to the guide, the Army also released a Battle Book — a type of workbook companion to the guide and the first volume of a graphic novel series titled “Will to Fight.”

“It’s for every soldier and every leader regardless of religious background,” said Sgt. Maj. Meaghan Simmons. The concept is to support spiritual readiness much like other sources support physical readiness.

The documents are not focused on any one religion, said Sgt. Maj. Dustin Hall, chief religious affairs officer at III Corps.

“Spiritual

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