Chaplain Ministers Through Near-death Experience
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq – Army chaplains provide many different religious services for Soldiers, but they also provide a sounding board for those dealing with difficult situations in both their personal lives and military careers. Capt. Geoffrey Whitaker, the garrison chaplain at Contingency Operating Base Marez, Iraq, with the Regimental Fires Squadron, 278th Armored [...]
Campaign seeks to raise monument in Arlington to Jewish chaplains
After the Nazis torpedoed the U.S. transport ship Dorchester in February 1943, Rabbi Alexander Goode and the three Christian chaplains on board gave up their own life preservers to help other servicemen to escape. As a result of their heroic acts, Goode, Methodist Rev. George L. Fox, the Roman Catholic Priest John P. Washington, and [...]
188th Infantry Brigade Combines Physical and Spiritual Fitness
Fort Stewart, Ga. – Two of the 188th Infantry Brigade Commander’s priorities are building physical and spiritual fitness for his Soldiers, and what could be better than combining both priorities into a single event? The brigade’s monthly spiritual fitness run kicked off at 6:30 a.m. at Fort Stewart and was held at the brigade’s second [...]
3,000 attend commissioning for NAMB missionaries, chaplains
Before 3,000 people at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga. — one of the largest crowds to ever witness a North American Mission Board missionary commissioning service — NAMB introduced 79 new missionaries and 16 new chaplains on Sunday, March 28. The new missionaries and chaplains represented 24 states, two Canadian provinces and 23 state [...]
USAREUR Chaplain puts focus on perseverance at Kosovo Prayer Breakfast
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – U.S. KFOR Soldiers joined the command chaplain of U.S. Army Europe in a discussion on perseverance during March 17 a prayer breakfast here. The prayer breakfast, featuring USAREUR Chaplain (Col.) Charles R. Bailey, was the third held so far this year at Camp Bondsteel, headquarters of Multi-National Battle Group-East (MNBG-E). About [...]
Chapel program helps couples reconnect after deployment
Lt. Col. Rich McConnell said he’s among a generation of service members that has been “quietly making history” in the longest deployment in American history, according to some recent news reports. “The more people tend to go to combat zones, it’s not uncommon to run into guys who have been downrange four tours, five tours,” [...]
Seders in Kuwait
When Col. Rabbi Bonnie Koppell travels to Kuwait for Passover, it will be far from her first act of spiritual leadership overseas. In the last five years, her chaplaincy in the Army Reserve has taken her to Iraq and Afghanistan twice, visiting combat zones in both countries. During her military tenure, she has also traveled [...]
Soldiers, Families take offerings for Chile relief
The Army chief of chaplains has asked Soldiers and their families to again consider providing assistance to earthquake victims — this time for those in Chile. A similar designated offering was collected from across the Army in January to provide relief for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Then, Soldiers and their families donated $574,285 [...]
