Taj Johnson does tai chi exercises on Rehoboth Beach as weather from Hurricane Earl begins to move in to Delaware on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. study has found that one type of gentle exercise can help people with Parkinson's disease have better balance and experience fewer falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jacquelyn Martin

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Taj Johnson does tai chi exercises on Rehoboth Beach as weather from Hurricane Earl begins to move in to Delaware on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. study has found that one type of gentle exercise can help people with Parkinson's disease have better balance and experience fewer falls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jacquelyn Martin

US army officer seeks to have humanism recognized alongside religious groups

RALEIGH, N.C. - Soldiers who don't believe in God can go to war with "Atheist" stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in the U.S. army.

Maj. Ray Bradley is applying to be the first humanist recognized as a "distinctive faith group leader" by the army. In the meantime, he can't be designated as a humanist on his official records or dog tags, although he can be classified as an atheist.

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