The Baptist Press says US Air Force Chaplain (Capt) Kevin Humphrey’s report back to his sending agency
reads like the script of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Chaplain Humphrey is currently deployed to Kandahar and has been nearly constantly busy with rocket attacks, attending to the wounded, and serving the spiritual needs of all on the base, including US, British, Canadian, Pakistani, and others.
With challenges come opportunities: Read more
Belying the freshly minted atheist proposition, US Army Chief of Chaplains (MajGen) Donald Rutherford says chaplains are serving on the frontlines with servicemember from the battlefields of Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond. They
are out there in the field with [soldiers] day in and day out…
Chaplain Rutherford was under fire himself once, and noted Read more
David Severson will soon be a Catholic chaplain with the Montana Army National Guard, and he brings an interesting history with him. He was a 19-year-old artillery man with the US Army when he deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm.
He’s since attended seminary and obtained a degree uniquely suited to his desired end goal as a chaplain:
a master’s degree in divinity with particular study of post-traumatic stress disorder…
Severson was recently ordained Read more
The Buddhist Military Sangha announced the entrance of Lt Niphon Suk into the US Army Chaplain Candidate program. It appears he may be the third US Army Buddhist chaplain; the Navy also has two or three.
US Army Chaplain (Maj) David Waweru followed an unusual path to become a chaplain. He grew up in Kenya, 20 miles west of Nairobi. His interest in the United States came from his interaction with American ministries, specifically, Campus Crusade for Christ:
“The job that really stands out to me is when I worked for Campus Crusade for Christ,” Waweru said. “This job stands out to me because that is when I had a lot of time with American missionaries, and I believe that is where my interest in coming to the United States began.”
His work with Campus Crusade encouraged him to become Read more
Chaplain (Maj.) Paul G. Passamonti, a US military chaplain stationed in Japan, and Chaplain (Maj.) James O’Neal, stationed in Korea, have received the Catholic “Order of the Holy Sepulchre,” bestowed upon less than 1,000 priests around the world.
The Order is the successor of a military force that was Read more
Everyone already knows versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 remove the prohibitions on sodomy and bestiality (since reinstated), have amendments on homosexual marriage, and redefine rape. It’s also known President Obama originally vowed to veto it over language on detainee treatment.
In yet another section of the now-passed bill, an amendment by Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran of Kansas successfully inserted language that would award the Medal of Honor to Chaplain (Capt) Emil Kapaun. (The House version had an identical amendment by Rep. Mike Pompeo.) Chaplain Kapaun is famous for Read more
The US Army post at Fort Campbell is getting a new chapel to support its 20 different religious services attended by more than 2,000 congregants each week:
The post’s seven chapels are getting too small for the needs of the soldiers and their families, said Chaplain (Col.) Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell.
The $8.4 million, 32,900-square-foot complex will hold 1,200 people and include supporting campus areas. It is scheduled to be Read more