{"id":22099,"date":"2013-04-09T02:14:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T05:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=22099"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:39:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:39:36","slug":"military-chaplains-reach-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/09\/military-chaplains-reach-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Chaplains Reach Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/csmng.com\/2013\/03\/07\/chaplains-reach-out-to-soldiers\/\">local article<\/a> highlights US Army Chaplain (Maj) Douglas Ball and Chap (Capt) Rodney Gilliam, who visited an off-site training location to meet Soldiers&#8217; spiritual needs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The chaplains wanted to show Soldiers they care about them and are there if they need to talk, Ball said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many of them, I provide a different avenue,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the advantages of the chaplains is our confidentiality&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The quoted troops responded positively:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Soldiers said they appreciate the chaplains coming out to visit them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a really good feeling to have the chaplain conduct a service for us,\u201d said Staff Sgt. Devon Thomas&#8230;\u201cIt\u2019s a morale booster to have him come out here; a real pleasure.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chaplains travel the world to support the spiritual needs &#8212; and Constitutional rights &#8212; of the troops under their care, whether that be to the local chapel, a training camp, or frontline combat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local article highlights US Army Chaplain (Maj) Douglas Ball and Chap (Capt) Rodney Gilliam, who visited an off-site training location to meet Soldiers&#8217; spiritual needs: The chaplains wanted to show Soldiers they care about them and are there if they need to talk, Ball said. \u201cFor many of them, I provide a different avenue,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the [&#8230;]<\/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":[88,5284,82,3955,2,3956],"class_list":["post-22099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-army","tag-chaplain","tag-constitution","tag-douglas-ball","tag-military","tag-rodney-gilliam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22099","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=22099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}