The Baptist Press notes that US military Chaplains aren’t just in Afghanistan and Iraq:

In the mountainous heart of Honduras, for example, where the four military branches work together in drug interdiction, Chaplain (Maj.) Dan Thompson and Chaplain (Capt.) Paul Cartmill serve some 500 soldiers who are part of Joint Task Force-Bravo located at Soto Cano Air Base near Comayagua.

Chaplains Thomas and Cartmill are still serving deployed servicemembers, though the “pace” for those troops might be a bit different than they’re used to in their combat deployments.

Thompson and Cartmill preach, teach and counsel as well as baptize new believers in the base swimming pool.

They also recently led 120 personnel on a two mile hike up a mountain to deliver food and supplies to poor Hondurans.

Wherever the troops go, the US military does an admirable job of trying to ensure they have access to the spiritual resources they need.