Chief of Chaplains visits Raider Soldiers
By Sgt. David Hodge 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – The U.S. Army’s highest ranking spiritual leaders visited Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers at southern Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Falcon to address the needs, concerns and direction the Chaplain Corps faces across the Army. Maj. Gen. Douglas Carver, [...]
Army suicide: the hidden enemy
By Mark Ford Special to the News-Post One of the most serious threats to life that a soldier faces is not on the battlefield. It’s in the soldier’s own mind. An internal Army study recently cited in The Washington Post reported that 2,100 soldiers attempted suicide in 2007 — an average of five a day. [...]
General’s story puts focus on stress stemming from combat
By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Gen. Carter Ham was among the best of the best — tough, smart and strong — an elite soldier in a battle-hardened Army. At the Pentagon, his star was rising. In Iraq, he was in command in the north during the early part of the war, when the insurgency [...]
Confessions of a Candy Chaplain
I confess. I’m a candy chaplain. Jolly Ranchers are my signature, though I have been known to use other brands. Chocolate is a crowd favorite, but Jolly Ranchers are what they’ve come to expect. I requested that my unit supply me with 100 pounds of Jolly Ranchers before we deployed. Army bureaucracy didn’t make it [...]
Sharing the Love of Christ in Baghdad
All throughout our conversation, U.S. Army Chaplain James (Lt. Col.) Carter (U.S. Army Chaplain (Multi-National Division – Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division) kept coming back to the service members’ families back home. He explained to me several ways that churches and individual Christians can help support and minister to U.S. military personnel serving overseas, even [...]
New Wave of Sexual Misconduct Arises
November 23, 2008 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Fort Leonard Wood – Twelve years after a sex scandal prompted congressional investigations and changes in Army training, Fort Leonard Wood is again dealing with a wave of cases in which drill sergeants have engaged in sexual misconduct with women trainees. Since February 2007, at least 14 drill sergeants [...]
A call to action: Chaplain tells veterans to share their stories
BELLA VISTA – Sweatered, hooded, gloved, about 100 people braved the weather, gathering in a huddled mass against the wind Saturday at the Veterans Wall of Honor. A good showing compared to recent years, but not for Capt. Mark Golaway, a chaplain in the Arkansas Army National Guard, who longs for a return to the [...]
Priest’s service extends to the military
Since he was a seminarian and student during the Vietnam War, The Rev. William “Bill” B. Leone was never called up to serve in the military. Leone did, however, see his friends go to war. He saw some come home injured and some who didn’t come home at all. That’s why, just a few years [...]
