Baltimore priest helps school children in Iraq
A Baltimore military chaplain serving in Iraq is helping put scarce school supplies into the hands of Iraqi students. Father Tyson Wood, a U.S. Army major, is one of many Americans involved in “Operation Back to School” at Camp Taji, Iraq – a humanitarian effort to collect enough notebooks, pencils, paper, rulers and other supplies [...]
Chaplain provides guidance, friendship in time of need
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – “As a civilian pastor I can’t go to your office to check up on you, but as an Army chaplain, everywhere you go, that’s where I am,” said Chap. (Maj.) Michael J. King, 17th Fires Brigade, from Vine Grove, Ky. King’s job is to provide Soldiers of the 17th [...]
Chaplain Frank Arnold’s World War II diary
We laid my Uncle Frank to rest 44 years ago. But he was alive in my living room this weekend, speaking from the pages of a diary he wrote as an Army chaplain during World War II. Frank Mitchell Arnold II was a hero in my family: idolized by my mother, his younger sister by [...]
Unit ministry teams convene at COB Adder
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – Chaplains and chaplain’s assistants from Multi-National Division-South came together for a religious support conference at Contingency Operating Base Adder’s religious activities center June 30. The conference, attended by unit ministry teams from around MND-S and hosted by 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, was used to stress the [...]
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, [...]
Man describes work as chaplain
COCOA — More than 500 people crowded into the Simpkins Fine Arts Building at Brevard Community College tonight to hear FLORIDA TODAY “Spirituality” columnist Norris Burkes talk about his experience as a chaplain in Iraq. There were so many people, chairs had to be brought onto the stage. Some people sat at the back of [...]
Younger soldiers under stress more likely to get help
MADAIN, Iraq — Spc. Richard Wahl is married with two kids and a baby due in August. When his wife developed a serious condition a few weeks ago, the young couple weren’t sure what to do. The crisis came down to geography. “I was here,” he said. “And she was there.” Wahl, 20, of the [...]
JOURNEY TO IRAQ: A Soldier’s baptism
BAGHDAD, Iraq (BP)–There’s strong and then there’s Army strong. Nowhere is that more evident than on the front lines of war. My experience embedding with the chaplains of the XVIII Airborne Corps solidified my belief that we have the best of the best serving overseas. After three full days in Baghdad’s International Zone, we made [...]
