Local Army Chaplain Opens House Session With Prayer | The Pilot: Southern Pines, NChttp://www.thepilot.com/news/2012/feb/24/local-army-chaplain-opens-house-session-with/U.S. Rep. Howard Coble welcomed an Army chaplain from Moore County to Capitol Hill last week as the guest chaplain for the House of Representatives.
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Local Army Chaplain Opens House Session With Prayer
By Admin 26 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Source: Pentagon to recommend allowing women to serve closer to combat
By Admin 9 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Source: Pentagon To Recommend Allowing Women To Serve Closer To Combat | Fox Newshttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/08/source-pentagon-to-recommend-allowing-women-to-serve-closer-to-combat/#ixzz1lr2F34hI?test=latestnewsWASHINGTON – For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.
Retreats helps soldiers reconnect with families
By Admin 8 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Retreats helps soldiers reconnect with families | Aiken Standardhttp://www.aikenstandard.com/story/020712-soldiers-at-gravatt-for-weekend–3771587Army Sgt. Michael Carlson and Staff Sgt. Michael Mitchell have a combined 37 years of service between them.
Both went through multiple deployments and were in Afghanistan when they suffered injuries. They have been undergoing medical treatment at Ft. Gordon, which provides service through the Augusta Transition Battalion or the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center.
Read more: Retreats helps soldiers reconnect with families | Aiken Standard
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Army chaplain attributes life experience to success with Soldiers
By Admin 29 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Fort Drum – The Mountaineer Onlinehttp://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=6126When people think of a new recruit, they might envision a fresh-faced high school or college graduate ready to conquer the world, not someone with a whole other life of experiences.
Chaplain (Capt.) Steve Love, 277th Aviation Support Battalion, walked a long road of fitness, mentoring and coaching before he swapped his football jersey and pastor’s suit for an Army uniform at age 45.
Love was an all-American boy growing up in Illinois. He attended Southwest Baptist University, where he played football and met his wife, Connie. After graduating, he was offered a full-time coaching position at the college.
Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services
By Admin 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.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.
Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains
By Admin 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 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.”
Military Wives Turn to Bible for Marriage Advice
By Admin 28 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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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.
Army Chaplain Makes It Home Just In Time For The Holidays
By Admin 27 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Army Chaplain Makes It Home Just In Time For The Holidays | Eyewitness News 9http://www2.wnct.com/news/2011/dec/25/army-chaplain-makes-it-home-just-time-holidays-ar-1750692/WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – The holidays are a little bit sweeter this year for one military family here in the east.
An army chaplain who spent the last year in Iraq returned home to his wife and two little girls just in time for Christmas.
Army chaplain Steve Thurnau remembers the day in January when he got that fateful call.
Army chaplain brings peace to troops
By Admin 27 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Army chaplain brings peace to troops – CBS News Videohttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7392852n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPCAnswer+(PC+Answer%3A+CBSNews.com)A few weeks ago Captain Jason Hohnberger was on the battlefields of Afghanistan. Now he’s one of seven Army chaplains working at Arlington National Cemetery. He spoke with Russ Mitchell about the strains of the job.Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7392852n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPCAnswer+(PC+Answer%3A+CBSNews.com)#ixzz1hl1renqE
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