{"id":20779,"date":"2012-12-26T03:32:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T06:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=20779"},"modified":"2012-12-26T03:32:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T06:32:49","slug":"chaplains-participate-in-changing-of-the-stole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/chaplains-participate-in-changing-of-the-stole\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplains Participate in Changing of the Stole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/99485\/change-stole-ceremony-welcomes-new-division-west-chaplain\">recent DoD article<\/a> highlights a <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/15\/chaplains-changing-of-the-stole-in-iraq\/\">previously noted tradition<\/a> of transferring the stole worn by some chaplains to his incoming replacement.\u00a0 The ceremony is conducted much like the more familiar change of command:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Transferring the stole \u2013 a long, plain, black cloth worn around the neck \u2013 is similar to a command\u2019s leadership passing the unit\u2019s guidon <!--more-->during a change of command ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe changing of the stole symbolizes the transference of spiritual leadership and responsibility from one chaplain to the other,\u201d said Chap. (Lt. Col.) Randy Edwards, out-going Division West chaplain. \u201cIt signifies God\u2019s hand on this position.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this case, commanding General MajGen Perry Wiggins hosted the ceremony at Fort Hood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent DoD article highlights a previously noted tradition of transferring the stole worn by some chaplains to his incoming replacement.\u00a0 The ceremony is conducted much like the more familiar change of command: Transferring the stole \u2013 a long, plain, black cloth worn around the neck \u2013 is similar to a command\u2019s leadership passing the unit\u2019s guidon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[88,5284,3758,2,3756,3757,10,171,40],"class_list":["post-20779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-army","tag-chaplain","tag-kenneth-sorenson","tag-military","tag-perry-wiggins","tag-randy-edwards","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-tradition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}