Bridging the Gap: Redeployment isn’t always smooth for Army Families
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - All Eva Creel wanted for 12 months was for her husband to come home from Afghanistan to be by her side.
When he returned, she found she wanted nothing more than her own personal space.
Creel - like many spouses of Soldiers returning from downrange - discovered firsthand that the rush of emotions after [...]
The Other Father Duffy
Last week I posted on Father Francis Duffy who served as chaplain of the Fighting 69th in World War I. In World War II there was another Father Duffy, John E. Duffy, also an army chaplain.
John E. Duffy fought in World War I in the Rainbow division, the same division in which Father Francis Duffy served. [...]
Father Duffy once again the centerpiece of Times Square
By Army Lt. Col. Rich Goldenberg
New York National Guard
NEW YORK CITY (10/23/2008) - Father Francis P. Duffy, the New York National Guard World War I hero and chaplain of the renowned “Fighting 69th,” stands once again as the centerpiece of the square named in his honor in the heart of Times Square.
Current and former members [...]
Pastor is heading for Iraq: A Chesterfield man is leaving his church for chaplain duty
By REED WILLIAMS
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
The Lord has some strange ways of calling on people, says the Rev. Phillip R. Glick.
“This time, the call is coming from God through Uncle Sam,” Glick said yesterday, a few minutes before his final service as rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Chesterfield County.
Glick is being deployed to Iraq [...]
Live chaplaincy Q&A
One in five suffer problems
FORT DRUM, New York (Reuters) - U.S. military chaplain Nathan McLean says he deliberately makes it difficult for young soldiers to get married because if they have to “jump through some hoops” the marriage is more likely to survive.
The U.S. Army has reported divorce rates rise with longer deployments in the wars in Iraq and [...]
Welch encourages chaplains in Korea
by Ann Lovell
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bobby Welch recently traveled to South Korea as the SBC’s strategist for Global Evangelical Relations. The following article is part of a series sharing a glimpse of his visit with Southern Baptist military chaplains and dialogue with Korean evangelical leaders.
SEOUL, South Korea (BP)–”Stick to the stuff” was Bobby Welch’s focus in [...]
Guard-Reserve-Active Duty-Makes no difference
Jerry Hogan - Columnist
Rockwall County Herald-Banner
In 1972, seventy-two seniors graduated from Rockwall High School. One of those was Craig Combs whose father, Joe Combs, still lives just north of town and another was Marcylle Jones, whose father Tommy Jones lives right off White Road in Heath. They both entered Dallas Baptist College in the fall [...]
