Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services

By 19 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services | The Leaf Chronicle – Clarksville, Tenn., and Fort Campbell | theleafchronicle.com

Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services | The Leaf Chronicle – Clarksville, Tenn., and Fort Campbell | theleafchronicle.comhttp://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120115/NEWS08/201150333The Division Chaplain for the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne falls back on a story to explain what a chaplain is all about, and he uses it not only on curious visitors, but on other chaplains as well.

It is written on a plaque displayed prominently in his office. It is the story of “The Four Chaplains” and Chaplain Lt. Col. Paul Hurley knows it by heart. As he starts to tell it before a gathering of other chaplains, it sounds like the beginning of every “a minister, a priest and a rabbi” joke ever told, but the image is dispelled quickly as the message sinks in.

On Feb. 3, 1943, at 12:55 a.m. the U.S. Army Transport (U.S.A.T.) Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off Newfoundland with 900 soldiers aboard. One torpedo in a spread of three blew a huge hole below the water line, dooming the ship instantly.

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12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains

By 10 January 2012. Filed in History.

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12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains – Mental Flosshttp://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/112976After I posted 8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains last week, we heard from a Catholic writer, a chaplain who worked under Father Sampson (who was featured), and the pastor of the home church of one of the Four Chaplains, in comments and email. We appreciate everyone’s input! Military chaplains are classified as non-combatants, but they still put their lives on the line to serve their country and its military members—and often civilians and enemy soldiers, too. Many went above and beyond the call of duty, and their stories should be remembered.

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Jenkins Named Kan. National Guard State Chaplain

By 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Jenkins Named Kan. National Guard State Chaplain | emporiagazette.comhttp://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2012/jan/06/jenkins-named-kan-national-guard-state-chaplain/Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins will become the state chaplain for the Kansas National Guard at a transfer of authority ceremony at 2 p.m., Sundayat Nickell Armory, Room 115, 2722 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka.

During the ceremony, Chaplain (Col.) Donald Davidson will hand over the Kansas National Guard’s Chaplain Corps to Jenkins. Davidson is retiring from the military, having served more than 27 years in the Kansas National Guard.

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Soldier, chaplain, shepherd

By 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS – News – Soldier, chaplain, shepherdhttp://www.dvidshub.net/news/82123/soldier-chaplain-shepherd#.Twip_tSiPNoBAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan— He is a priest, a soldier, an Army chaplain, and yet he is also a bishop, serving as an Auxiliary for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

U.S. Army Col. Rick Spencer wears many hats besides his zucchetto, the small head covering marking his clerical position; including the Army’s patrol cap, field “boonie” cap, and combat helmet.

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8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains

By 5 January 2012. Filed in History.

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8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains - Mental Floss

8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains – Mental Flosshttp://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/112386Some contemporaries wrote of the Mexican-American War as one of U.S. Protestants against Mexican Catholics. President Polk responded to such allegations by appointing two Catholic priests to serve as military chaplains. Father Anthony Rey, a Jesuit from Georgetown University with no military background or training, participated in the battle of Monterrey in September of 1846. He tended to the wounded on the battlefield and gave last rites to the dying. Afterward, serving in north Mexico, he ventured out of the U.S. garrison to minister to the locals, despite warnings of the danger. In 1847 he said a mass at the village of Ceralvo, and never made it back. His body was found a few days later, stabbed through by lances. He was mourned by both the U.S. troops and the Mexicans he served.

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Baptists & the civil war on display at library

By 5 January 2012. Filed in History.

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Baptist Press – Baptists & the civil war on display at library – News with a Christian Perspectivehttp://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=36898NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives is presenting a display on Baptists and the war.

The display cases, located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention building in Nashville, Tenn., illustrate what caused the war — particularly the issue of slavery — how Baptists reacted and served as chaplains and how Baptists responded after the war.

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Army reveals ‘sensitive’ material to family of dead Chinese-American soldier

By 5 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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U.S. News - Army reveals 'sensitive' material to family of dead Chinese-American soldier

U.S. News – Army reveals ‘sensitive’ material to family of dead Chinese-American soldierhttp://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/05/9900635-army-reveals-sensitive-material-to-family-of-dead-chinese-american-soldierThe family of a Chinese-American soldier believed to have committed suicide in Afghanistan after allegedly being hazed by his fellow soldiers has received “very sensitive” new information on the investigation from the Army, according to a family friend.

Army officials briefed the parents of Danny Chen for several hours on Wednesday at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn about the death of their 19-year-old son, said Frank Gee, an Army veteran and vice commander of the American Legion’s New York branch who also attended.

“Basically they informed the family of what … happened,” said Gee, 72, who was called into the case to help translate for the Chen family.  “… There is something new, but we are not authorized to divulge anything. It’s very sensitive material because the prosecution is going on, the case is going on, and they don’t want to jeopardize it.”

Chen was found dead at a guard post on Oct. 3 at the remote Combat Outpost Palace in the Panjwa’i district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. The Army announced in late December that it had charged eight of his fellow soldiers in his death.

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Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains

By 2 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide

Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains – Stripes – Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwidehttp://www.stripes.com/catholics-seek-to-boost-number-of-priests-serving-as-chaplains-1.164918WASHINGTON — Spc. Joe Murphy’s job in Afghanistan was to hunt down the things his fellow soldiers hoped they’d never have to encounter.

As part of a route-clearance team that combed the roads connecting Bagram Airfield to outposts in the region, the 23-year-old Iowa National Guardsman gained a close-up familiarity with roadside bombs. Understanding the devices that insurgents have used to kill thousands of U.S. and allied troops in the last decade didn’t make them any less terrifying.

Heading out on dusty patrol, Murphy said, “You wonder if you might die today.”

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Chaplain Maj. Gen. Donald Rutherford visits Red Bulls at Camp Buehring, Kuwait

By 31 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS - News - Chaplain Maj. Gen. Donald Rutherford visits Red Bulls at Camp Buehring, Kuwait

DVIDS – News – Chaplain Maj. Gen. Donald Rutherford visits Red Bulls at Camp Buehring, Kuwaithttp://www.dvidshub.net/news/81853/chaplain-maj-gen-donald-rutherford-visits-red-bulls-camp-buehring-kuwait#.Tv9PHdTw7NoCAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Donald Rutherford, chaplain, visited 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division chaplains and chaplain assistants at Camp Buehring, Kuwait today on Christmas Eve. This is the third year in a row he has visited soldiers in Kuwait on Christmas.

As the chief of chaplains, Maj. Gen. Rutherford oversees all chaplains in the U.S. Army.

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