Year of the Noncommissioned Officer – Spotlight NCO
Staff Sgt. Rogness enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve in his senior year of High school in 1999, following in the rich family tradition to serve their country and its military. His older brother served in the Army National Guard as an Infantryman. His father served in the Air Force as a C-130 mechanic at [...]
Guard chaplains contribute to Landstuhl’s spiritual team
LANDSTUHL, Germany (6/26/09) – The boxes arrive daily from the United States. Some days, 15 boxes arrive. Some days, 20. Typically each week, between $8,000 and $12,000 in cash also pours in from U.S. citizens and groups. The boxes and the money are meant for the wounded warriors who pass through here, most coming from [...]
Chaplains Play Critical Role for Troops, Bloggers Told
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Army active and reserve chaplains are playing a critical and strategic role in Iraq, said a U.S. Army chaplain serving with Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq. “Our troops are working tirelessly and selflessly to create a trusted and viable Iraqi security force,” U.S. Army Maj. William Steen, a chaplain assigned to MNSTC-I, [...]
Army chaplain reflects on tour in Afghanistan
Chanhassen resident and Faith Presbyterian Church pastor Chris Carlson sneezed for 10 months in Afghanistan, the “dustiest place” he’s ever been, but now the 54-year-old chaplain is back for a humid Minnesota summer. His army reserve unit returned in March. The deployment was from May 1, 2008, to March 1, 2009. Carlson was back in [...]
After work in Afghanistan, chaplain finds he has Lou Gehrig’s disease
STEVENS POINT — The Rev. Dan Farley has faced danger before; in fact, he’s survived it many times. Farley, who ministers at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in the town of Buena Vista, has worked to stop gangs in Los Angeles and counseled soldiers in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of the areas where he [...]
Army chaplain, doctor comfort survivors of Metro crash
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 26, 2009) — Several Walter Reed Army Medical Center staffers survived the deadliest accident in Washington Metrorail’s 33-year history Monday. Maj. David Bottoms, a Walter Reed chaplain and Col. Thomas Baker, chief of pathology, said they were both riding in the first car of the train that slammed into another [...]
Guard Soldier Trains to Protect Freedom, Faith
CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – The U.S. military vows to protect and uphold the constitution’s freedoms and rights, including religion, of individuals at home and abroad. In the ranks of those troops, one Soldier with the Indiana Army National Guard fights for those freedoms while helping others at the same time. Nineteen-year-old [...]
Active, Reserve Chaplains Play Critical Role
WASHINGTON – Active and reserve Army chaplains are playing a critical and strategic role in Iraq, a chaplain serving with Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq said this week. “Our troops are working tirelessly and selflessly to create a trusted and viable security force,” Army Maj. William Steen, chaplain, said during a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable [...]
