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Military recommend court-martial over suicide linked to taunting by fellow troops

By 6 March 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Military Recommend Court-martial Over Suicide Linked To Taunting By Fellow Troops | Fox News

Military Recommend Court-martial Over Suicide Linked To Taunting By Fellow Troops | Fox Newshttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/06/military-recommend-court-martial-over-suicide-linked-to-taunting-by-fellow/?test=latestnewsKABUL, Afghanistan –  U.S. military investigators have recommended that four more American troops be court-martialed in connection with the suicide of their fellow infantryman who shot himself in a guard tower in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

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120th IN Bde. enhances Soldier life skills

By 2 March 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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120th IN Bde. enhances Soldier life skills

120th IN Bde. enhances Soldier life skillshttp://www.blackanthem.com/News/Military_News_1/120th-IN-Bde-enhances-Soldier-life-skills24161.shtmlGRAPEVINE, Texas – The 120th Infantry Brigade sponsored Strong Bonds training for 12 single Division West Soldiers at the Great Wolf Lodge here Feb. 10-12.

The event was set up for Soldiers to participate in various training sessions and also to enjoy a family-oriented area and hotel. Most Soldiers brought their children to participate in the first day’s training.

Soldier, chaplain, shepherd

By 7 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS - News - Soldier, chaplain, shepherd

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.

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.

Running for the challenge

By 22 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DVIDS – News – Running for the challengehttp://www.dvidshub.net/news/81663/running-challenge#.TvOCImMr2nABAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Service members wear the same thing while they run, but they don’t run for the same reasons. Shortly after arriving, U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton Trotter, of La Palma, Calif., threw down the 82nd Challenge—running the perimeter of the airfield 82 times during the deployment.

Measuring roughly 7.5 miles, at first glance it doesn’t seem too extreme, especially to the avid runner. With a total test of 600 miles, the T-shirt payoff may seem insignificant.

Was it murder or self- defense?

By 14 December 2011. Filed in Chaplain Assistants, News & Commentary.

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Was it murder or self- defense? - Crime & Courts - TheState.com

Was it murder or self- defense? – Crime & Courts – TheState.comhttp://www.thestate.com/2011/12/14/2079393/was-it-murder-or-self-defense.htmlA retired Army chaplain’s assistant allegedly shot and killed two Hispanic men after he paid one of them $200 for sex but then was denied, prosecutors said Tuesday during the opening of a double-murder trial.

“Leslie Parvin sits before you today as a man who led a double life,” Nicole Simpson, a prosecutor in the 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, said during her opening statement.

Luke Shealey, part of Parvin’s defense team from the 5th Circuit Public Defender’s Office, said those accusations were insulting to a decorated war veteran who has a wife and three sons.

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Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal ‘Fails to Rise to Level of News’; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says ‘Yes it Does’

By 13 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal 'Fails to Rise to Level of News'; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says 'Yes it Does' | CNSnews.com

Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal ‘Fails to Rise to Level of News’; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says ‘Yes it Does’ | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/pentagon-says-sodomybestiality-repeal-fails-rise-level-news-former-chief-armyMeanwhile, the former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon says the Defense Department spokesman is wrong — removing the military law against sodomy and bestiality is big news.

Virginia State Senator-elect Richard Black, who was a member of the Joint Committee on Military Justice during the Clinton administration, told CNSNews.com that bestiality doesn’t happen very often – but removing the mention of it in the statute could create big problems.

The fact is, the Senate bill does remove bestiality from the statute.

“It creates some serious legal ambiguity,” Black told CNSNews.com. “Article 134 is the general article which prohibits various miscellaneous categories of misconduct. But the general rule of statutory construction is that if you remove something from the law – you intended to do so. And so there was a purpose in doing it. And the idea that it would automatically resurrect under the general article is unclear.”

DADT repeal examined by chaplains panel

By 6 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Baptist Press – DADT repeal examined by chaplains panel – News with a Christian Perspectivehttp://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=36722NEW ORLEANS (BP) — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Institute for Faith and the Public Square hosted its third major conference, examining the tension chaplains experience between exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech and religion while acknowledging the restrictions that often accompany receiving funds from public agencies.

The conference was titled “Chaplaincy: Ministering in Caesar’s House.”

“There is a growing negative atmosphere toward evangelical Christianity,” said Lloyd Harsch, church history professor and institute director. “Under the guise of tolerance, everyone who holds a religiously informed position is now viewed as suspect because they’re [considered] intolerant.”

Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History

By 2 November 2011. Filed in History.

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Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History

Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor University’s Institute for Oral Historyhttp://www.newswise.com/articles/texas-veterans-who-liberated-nazi-concentration-camps-share-stories-with-baylor-university-s-institute-for-oral-historyNewswise — At the end of World War II, a young Army chaplain named Wilson Canafax was among soldiers who traveled to Nazi concentration camps with little idea what to expect. Moments after he got out of his Jeep at newly liberated Buchenwald, an emaciated Jewish survivor approached.

“A young fellow came up to me speaking perfect English. He looked to be about 15,” recalled Canafax, now a Fort Worth pastor. “He asked ‘Could you do us a favor?’”
His plea was that Canafax conduct a Jewish worship service. And the young man who introduced himself was Elie Wiesel, a Romanian Jew who went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and to write more than 30 books about the Holocaust and the responsibility to fight hatred, racism and genocide.

Former Chaplain Jailed For 7.5 Years In Beating Of German

By 15 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Former Chaplain Jailed For 7.5 Years In Beating Of Germanhttp://www.military.com/news/article/2011/former-chaplain-jailed-for-75-years-in-beating-of-german.htmlKAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A former U.S. Army chaplain could serve 7 1/2 years in prison after a German court convicted him of attempted manslaughter stemming from an attack outside a bar in Garmisch-Partenkirchen earlier this year.

Capt. Joseph Allen Parker, 34, of the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade in Grafenwöhr, was convicted and sentenced Oct. 4 in Munich. He is determining whether he can appeal, according to his private counsel, Munich attorney Christian Gerber.

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