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Chaplain assistant at Fort Drum charged with luring boys into sexual activity

By 11 November 2011. Filed in Chaplain Assistants, News & Commentary.

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Watertown Daily Times | Chaplain assistant at Fort Drum charged with luring boys into sexual activity

Watertown Daily Times | Chaplain assistant at Fort Drum charged with luring boys into sexual activityhttp://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20111110/NEWS09/711109871/-1/NEWS09A chaplain assistant at Fort Drum now faces federal charges that he used his computer to try to lure teenage boys into sexual activity.

New chapel takes shape at large Army post

By 11 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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New chapel takes shape at large Army post - San Jose Mercury News

New chapel takes shape at large Army post – San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/faith/ci_19298866NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A new chapel is taking shape at the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell to accommodate a wide range of religious congregations that is outgrowing the existing chapels built in the World War II and Korean War eras.There are more than 20 different religious services held at the installation on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line that draw between 2,000 and 2,500 people weekly. The post’s seven chapels are getting too small for the needs of the soldiers and their families, said Chaplain (Col.) Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell.

Veterans’ stories wanted

By 11 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Veterans' stories wanted - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Veterans’ stories wanted – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.comhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/news/palm-beach-county-news/fl-jjps-veterans-1109-20111108,0,4714019.storyNicholas Brecher was a U.S. Army infantryman when he was selected as one of the soldiers at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco during World War II.

At that historic meeting, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to call for the unconditional surrender of Germany.

Brecher later became a guard for U.S. Army General George C. Marshall.

For his service in World War II, Brecher earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Chaplains care for soldiers’ religious, morale needs, says chief

By 10 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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CNS STORY: Chaplains care for soldiers' religious, morale needs, says chief

CNS STORY: Chaplains care for soldiers’ religious, morale needs, says chiefhttp://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1104385.htm

ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — Soldiers “are making life and death decisions” every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military chaplains “are out there in the field with them day in and day out,” said the Catholic priest who is the new Army chief of chaplains.

“We are taking care of people who are most in need at a time they’re far away. We’ve had some soldiers deployed four and five times,” said Father Donald Rutherford, a major general and chief of chaplains since July 22.

“They are fighting for our freedom” and freedom “for other people to care for themselves,” Father Rutherford said in an interview with Catholic News Service in his office at the Pentagon.

Atheist at Ft. Meade seeks ‘lay leader’ status

By 8 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Atheist at Ft. Meade seeks 'lay leader' status - WTOP.com

Atheist at Ft. Meade seeks ‘lay leader’ status – WTOP.comhttp://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2622594BALTIMORE (AP) – An Army captain at Fort Meade says he’s an atheist — and he wants official recognition as a humanist lay leader, on par with the Christian, Jewish and Muslim lay leaders who help military chaplains serve the troops.

Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’

By 3 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’ | CNSnews.comhttp://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/leahy-repealing-doma-all-married-couples-deserve-legal-protectionsThe Senate Judiciary Committee postponed debate and voting on legislation today that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but Chairman Sen. Leahy (D-Vt.), who voted for DOMA’s passage in 1996, said the law “must now be repealed,” adding that the federal government must “recognize that all married couples deserve legal protections.”

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By 2 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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As Iraq, Afghan wars cycle down, anti-suicide program for Minn. veterans ramps up

By 2 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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As Iraq, Afghan wars cycle down, anti-suicide program for Minn. veterans ramps up | Minnesota Public Radio News

As Iraq, Afghan wars cycle down, anti-suicide program for Minn. veterans ramps up | Minnesota Public Radio Newshttp://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/29/veterans-suicide-prevention/St. Paul, Minn. — On the heels of an intensive campaign to prevent soldiers from committing suicide, the Minnesota National Guard is hoping to continue reaching at-risk veterans.

Senior National Guard leaders have traveled throughout Minnesota since September, teaching Guard members how to recognize the symptoms that indicate colleagues might to try to take their own lives. To meet the growing demand for services, veterans advocates hope more funding will come from the Legislature to fund the Case Management, Outreach, Referral and  Education program, or CORE program.

Minnesota is home to more than 380,000 veterans. According to data from Veterans Administration facilities, 126 veterans served by V.A. hospitals, clinics and other sites in Minneapolis; St Cloud, Minn.; and Fargo and Sioux Falls, N.D., committed suicide in the last decade. But Veterans Administration officials say that could be an undercount, since many veterans do not receive services at the VA.

Army dedicates new chapel at Fort Leonard Wood

By 2 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS - News - Army dedicates new chapel at Fort Leonard Wood

DVIDS – News – Army dedicates new chapel at Fort Leonard Woodhttp://www.dvidshub.net/news/79345/army-dedicates-new-chapel-fort-leonard-wood#.TrFa5EOXudAFORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – The Installation Chaplain’s Office at Fort Leonard Wood plans to host a ribbon cutting and chapel dedication service at 9:30 a.m., Nov. 1, at the new Main Post Chapel, Building 608, located at the intersection of Constitution and Minnesota avenues. The event is being held to celebrate the completion of the 32,900-square-foot facility, to recognize key individuals involved in the project and to officially mark the chapel’s opening.

Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA

By 27 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/gay-military-members-sue-to-repeal-doma-59647/
Just five weeks after the Pentagon ended the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, gay and lesbian service members are filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced the filing of the federal litigation Thursday. The group is suing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, on behalf of current and former service members.

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