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Four Chaplains Monument dedicated near Riverside Park in Sebastian

By 15 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Four Chaplains Monument dedicated near Riverside Park in Sebastian | Photo Gallery » TCPalm.comhttp://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/feb/14/four-chaplains-monument-dedicated-near-riverside/SEBASTIAN — At the end of the Four Chaplains Monument dedication ceremonies Tuesday near Riverview Park in Sebastian, Brandon Moore took his young son Titus to meet 89-year-old Ernie Heaton.

The granite monument recognizes Four Chaplains of different faiths who gave up their lives to save others during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester during World II. Heaton was aboard the ship and witnessed the chaplains’ heroic actions as the ship sank into the icy Atlantic after being struck by a German torpedo.

Gagging the military chaplains 2.0

By 15 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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tmatt.net » Blog Archive » Gagging the military chaplains 2.0http://www.tmatt.net/2012/02/13/gagging-the-military-chaplains-2-0/Every now and then, bishops write letters for their priests to read to the faithful during Mass.

In 1996 the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services sent a letter to its chaplains instructing them to urge their flocks to back the “Project Life Postcard Campaign” in support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Father Vincent Rigdon wanted to follow this order in rites at Andrews Air Force Base. But there was a problem. Pentagon officials had issued a gag order against chaplains preaching sermons that mentioned this anti-abortion effort.

Chaplains risking ‘treason’

By 15 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Chaplains risking 'treason' (OneNewsNow.com)

Chaplains risking ‘treason’ (OneNewsNow.com)http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1533834A former Navy chaplain who was forced out of the service for praying publicly in Jesus’ name while in uniform says the Obama administration is clearly trying to censor military chaplains who dare to speak out against the pro-abortion and pro-homosexual agenda.

Army officer wants humanism officially recognized

By 8 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Army officer wants humanism officially recognized - San Jose Mercury News

Army officer wants humanism officially recognized – San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/faith/ci_19919389RALEIGH, N.C.—Soldiers who don’t believe in God can go to war with “Atheist” stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in the Army.Maj. Ray Bradley is applying to be the first humanist recognized as a “distinctive faith group leader” by the Army. In the meantime, he can’t be designated as a humanist on his official records or dog tags, although he can be classified as an atheist.The distinction may not seem like a large one to those unfamiliar with humanism, but the Fort Bragg-based officer says it’s the equivalent of being told that “Christian” is an acceptable designation, but not “Catholic.”

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.

12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains

By 10 January 2012. Filed in History.

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12 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains - Mental Floss

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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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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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.

Military Wives Turn to Bible for Marriage Advice

By 28 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Military Wives Turn to Bible for Marriage Advice | CNSnews.com

Military Wives Turn to Bible for Marriage Advice | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/military-wives-turn-bible-marriage-adviceCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With husbands deployed or off preparing for war, some young wives at this sprawling Army installation have spent much of their marriages so far alone.

Faced with long periods of separation and worry over the next combat tour, a group of wives mostly in their late 20s and early 30s are drawn together weekly to seek spiritual support to bolster the strength of their marriages.

Mya Parker, 27, saw both sides of the average military marriage and the strain that years of combat duty can do to a relationship. She served in the Army for four years on active duty before helping to start the Lantern, a nondenominational faith group for military wives and girlfriends outside Fort Campbell, Ky.

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space

By 20 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.comhttp://www.tennessean.com/article/20111219/NEWS06/312030086/Fort-Campbell-soldiers-eager-for-new-worship-spaceThere’s no cross on the steeple of the new 39,800-square-foot chapel under construction at Fort Campbell. No stained glass windows. No crescent or Star of David or symbol of any other religion.

But there will be comfortable seats and a state- of-the-art sound and projection system. And people of all faiths — from Wiccans to Christians — are welcome.

“You try to accommodate as many faith groups as possible,” said Col. Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell. “That’s what these chapels are designed for, to be multifaith and multiuse.”

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