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 and then two years later they married. Craig graduated from school in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and immediately entered Dallas Theological Seminary where he received a Master of Theology degree in pastoral ministries in 1981. Not to stop at this level, he then entered Texas Tech University in August of 1983 to work on his doctorial degree. This he finally got in 1996.

And you are probably saying to yourself, “Why in the world is Jerry Hogan going into all this detail about the education of a preacher when this column has always been about the military and its people and missions?”

Simple: since 1988, twenty years ago, Craig has been in the military too and has been a practicing military chaplain in the Texas National Guard. He first started his dual career when he moved to Lubbock and enrolled in Texas Tech University.

Most civilians probably don’t know what an Army chaplain does or what his purpose is.

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