By Admin 20 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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By Admin 19 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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It is written on a plaque displayed prominently in his office. It is the story of “The Four Chaplains” and Chaplain Lt. Col. Paul Hurley knows it by heart. As he starts to tell it before a gathering of other chaplains, it sounds like the beginning of every “a minister, a priest and a rabbi” joke ever told, but the image is dispelled quickly as the message sinks in.
On Feb. 3, 1943, at 12:55 a.m. the U.S. Army Transport (U.S.A.T.) Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off Newfoundland with 900 soldiers aboard. One torpedo in a spread of three blew a huge hole below the water line, dooming the ship instantly.
By Admin 18 January 2012. Filed in Ethics, News & Commentary.
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Instead, last week, Jackson became the latest soldier to be convicted of sexually exploiting a child. Over a seven-month period Jackson, 46, a married father of two, used the Internet to send hundreds of obscenity-laced texts and about seven hours of graphic video of himself to what prosecutors said he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. In reality, it was a St. Charles County Sheriff’s detective.
A Pentagon spokesman said problems with child pornography and child sexual exploitation were not widespread in the ranks. Still, the military has taken steps to address the issue, including offering training and blocking access from government computers to some sites.
By Admin 10 January 2012. Filed in History.
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By Admin 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
0During the ceremony, Chaplain (Col.) Donald Davidson will hand over the Kansas National Guard’s Chaplain Corps to Jenkins. Davidson is retiring from the military, having served more than 27 years in the Kansas National Guard.
By Admin 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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U.S. Army Col. Rick Spencer wears many hats besides his zucchetto, the small head covering marking his clerical position; including the Army’s patrol cap, field “boonie” cap, and combat helmet.
By Admin 5 January 2012. Filed in History.
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By Admin 5 January 2012. Filed in History.
0The display cases, located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention building in Nashville, Tenn., illustrate what caused the war — particularly the issue of slavery — how Baptists reacted and served as chaplains and how Baptists responded after the war.
By Admin 5 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Army officials briefed the parents of Danny Chen for several hours on Wednesday at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn about the death of their 19-year-old son, said Frank Gee, an Army veteran and vice commander of the American Legion’s New York branch who also attended.
“Basically they informed the family of what … happened,” said Gee, 72, who was called into the case to help translate for the Chen family. “… There is something new, but we are not authorized to divulge anything. It’s very sensitive material because the prosecution is going on, the case is going on, and they don’t want to jeopardize it.”
Chen was found dead at a guard post on Oct. 3 at the remote Combat Outpost Palace in the Panjwa’i district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. The Army announced in late December that it had charged eight of his fellow soldiers in his death.
By Admin 2 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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As part of a route-clearance team that combed the roads connecting Bagram Airfield to outposts in the region, the 23-year-old Iowa National Guardsman gained a close-up familiarity with roadside bombs. Understanding the devices that insurgents have used to kill thousands of U.S. and allied troops in the last decade didn’t make them any less terrifying.
Heading out on dusty patrol, Murphy said, “You wonder if you might die today.”
