Chaplain Corps Story Archive

40th Anniversary of Women in Military Chaplaincy  (5 March 2013)

The Navy, Army and Air Force Chiefs of Chaplains hosted a ceremony to mark the 40th Anniversary of women in military chaplaincy at the Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery March 4.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Hosts Symposium   (3 April 2013)

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth hosted a Bureau of Medicine symposium March 5-7 in Portsmouth, Va., highlighting the role of spirituality in counseling and the importance of spiritual resources for coping with Post-traumatic stress.

Chief of Chaplains Visits Notre Dame to Honor Father Hesburgh   (19 April 2013)

Rear Admiral Mark L. Tidd, chief of Navy chaplains, declared Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, an honorary Navy chaplain in a campus ceremony April 17.

Navy Chaplain's Response Efforts to Runners, Families in Boston  (26 April 2013)

"April 15 was a beautiful day for a ballgame! About 20 service members from my Coast Guard unit were headed into Boston to say farewell to a shipmate by celebrating at a Red Sox's game," said Lt. Cmdr. Jen Bowden, a Navy chaplain currently serving within the U.S. Coast Guard.

Religious Program Specialists Graduate from "A" School   (29 May 2013)

Over 30 Religious Program Specialists (RPs) graduated from the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC) at Fort Jackson, May 28.

Confidentiality with Chaplains: Sailors hold the Key  (6 June 2013)

In a recent poll on Navy Personnel Command's website, 63 percent of 5,049 respondents did not believe that what they say to a chaplain is confidential, and 65 percent of 2,895 respondents believe that Navy chaplains are required to report certain matters to the command.

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