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Khady Ndiaye is United States Army Reserve officer. In 2024, she became the first female Muslim Chaplain Candidate in the history of the U.S. Army. [1] Second Lt. Ndiaye was commissioned into the Army on June 5, 2024 at Fort Liberty. She subsequently went for training chaplaincy training and joined an Army Reserve unit at Fort Totten. [1]
Ndiaye's appointment was historic as the first Muslim woman and first woman of color to be commissioned into the chaplain corps. [2] She wore a hijab for her commissioning ceremony. [3] Her commission took place exactly fifty years since the appointment of Reverend Alice M. Henderson, the first woman, and woman of color to be commissioned as a chaplain in the United States Army. [4] [5]
After the 2025 appointment of Peter Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, the announcement of Ndiaye's appointment was removed from the United States Army's website in accordance with the U.S. Department of Defense censorship of DEI-connected material purge. [6]
