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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 [...]

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 Spc. Jonathan [...]

When people ask Sgt. Jeremy Levens about Iraq, he tries to set the scene for them. He tells them to fill their hands with a clump of dirt, go to the bathroom and blow the dirt on themselves with a hair dryer — they’ll see what it’s like in Iraq, he jokes.
In seriousness, Levens said [...]

The MOS was established by General Orders No. 253, War Department, Washington, D.C., on 28 December 1909, paragraph 1, which read “One enlisted man will be detailed on special duty, by the commanding officer of any organization to which a chaplain is assigned for duty, for the purpose of assisting the chaplain in the performance [...]

Sgt. Jovan Luna and Spc. Thomas Rincon, both of Fort Leavenworth, were named winners of the Combined Arms Center 2009 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year competition at a ceremony June 5 at the Frontier Conference Center.
A total of 12 NCOs and nine Soldiers from 10 different installations, schools and support activities in CAC [...]

NASHVILLE, TN – A usually, quiet and timid chaplain assistant answered the call to duty for the 332nd Medical Brigade and delivered powerful words of inspiration as he filled in for the Brigade chaplain on March 22 at the William F. Lyell Army Reserve Center.
Spc. Samuel Jacob, chaplain assistant, filled Lt. Col. John Schroeder’s chaplain [...]

(Editor’s Note: Spc. Jason Boatwright, a soon-to-be noncommissioned officer, describes in his own words the duties of a chaplain assistant and what NCOs bring to that career field)
The role of noncommissioned officers in the chaplain assistant ranks:
“I truly believe they are the backbone of the NCO support channel. A noncommissioned officer’s primary mission in our [...]

By Staff Sgt. James E. Brown Jr
1st Sustainment Brigade, PAO
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For Sgt. Charles Hayes, being a chaplain’s assistant is a lot different than working as a shipping and receiving dock team leader back home in West Point, Ky.
In his civilian career, Hayes ships and receives items through courier services, manually loads and unloads semi trucks, and [...]