{"id":39986,"date":"2017-02-23T00:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T03:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=39986"},"modified":"2017-02-23T02:02:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T05:02:32","slug":"navy-chaplain-returns-to-his-buddhist-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/23\/navy-chaplain-returns-to-his-buddhist-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Chaplain Returns to his Buddhist Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40029\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chaplainbuddha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chaplainbuddha.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chaplainbuddha-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chaplainbuddha-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/223731\/only-buddhist-chaplain-department-navy\">official DoD article<\/a> recounts the interesting story of Aroon Seeda, a 13-year-old Buddhist monk in training in 1988 who met a group of US Marines &#8212; and then decided he wanted to become one.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 2008 with the goal of becoming a chaplain. He received his citizenship several months after completing basic training and attained his goal in two years and seven months.<\/p>\n<p>Chaplain Aroon Seeda is the only Buddhist chaplain in the Department of the Navy&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now-Chaplain Seeda returned to Thailand recently in <!--more-->the latest iteration of the same exercise in which he first met the Marines, and he even found his grade school teacher he hadn&#8217;t seen in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The article indicates Chaplain Seeda is currently pursuing his doctorate in theology, with his studies focusing on Buddhist principles as he&#8217;s applied them to troops and PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Though he wasn&#8217;t the first, Chaplain (LT) Seeda is now the only Buddhist chaplain in the Navy.<\/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>An official DoD article recounts the interesting story of Aroon Seeda, a 13-year-old Buddhist monk in training in 1988 who met a group of US Marines &#8212; and then decided he wanted to become one. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 2008 with the goal of becoming a chaplain. 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