Army creates suicide prevention board
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Army is establishing a suicide prevention board to examine the mental health of its recruiters around the country after the fourth suicide in three years by Houston, Texas-based recruiters, according to Army officials. The Army Recruiting Command is examining recruiters all over the country for job-related and combat-related stress. The [...]
Guard-Reserve-Active Duty-Makes no difference
Jerry Hogan – Columnist Rockwall County Herald-Banner In 1972, seventy-two seniors graduated from Rockwall High School. One of those was Craig Combs whose father, Joe Combs, still lives just north of town and another was Marcylle Jones, whose father Tommy Jones lives right off White Road in Heath. They both entered Dallas Baptist College in [...]
Army forms military funeral coverage panel
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. — Journalists will now have a say on what the media can and cannot do when covering funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. Army Secretary Peter Geren has signed a new media policy for the cemetery that calls for the creation of [...]
Army recruiter suicides in Houston worry advocates
HOUSTON — Five Army recruiters from the same Houston-based battalion have committed suicide in recent years, leading veteran advocate groups to ask for more scrutiny of such stressful jobs during wartime. The August suicides of Staff Sgt. Larry G. Flores Jr., 26, and Sgt. 1st Class Patrick G. Henderson, 35, occurred as suicides among active [...]
New Army chaplain returns to military life
By Amanda Kim Stairrett Killeen Daily Herald FORT POLK, La. – First Lt. Jeff Ellis is the oldest and one of the newest people in the 1st Cavalry Division’s 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. At age 45, he beat out the squadron’s senior noncommissioned officer, Command Sgt. Maj. James Daniels, by [...]
Henry Vinton Plummer: From Slave to U.S. Navy Sailor to Army Chaplain
By John E. Carey Henry Vinton Plummer, slave-born, enlisted in the U.S. Navy and saw combat in the Civil War, enrolled in a seminary after the war and became an Army chaplain to the famed Buffalo Soldiers. However, he was drummed out of the Army and humiliated on what his descendants are convinced was a [...]
He offered more than prayers in Iraq
By Andrew Shulman September 14, 2008 My 15-month deployment to Iraq as a chaplain in the US Army just came to an end, and in a strange way, I was a bit sad to go. I’m going to miss the people I’ve met, the friends I’ve made, and, of course, the action and adventure. But [...]
Bill would protect chaplains’ prayers
WASHINGTON (BP)–Do military chaplains have the right to pray in Jesus’ name in ceremonies outside of chapel services? The military insists they do, but U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R.-N.C., is attempting to write that guarantee into federal law. Shortly before Congress’ summer recess, Jones introduced H.R. 6514, which would ensure chaplains the right to close [...]
