Chaplain Corps Story Archive

Religious Program Specialists of the Year Named  (14 May 2004)
Annual Navy Worship Service Held at Naval Academy Chapel  (5 November 2004)
Distinguished Chaplains Honored for Service  (4 April 2005)
Chaplain Corps Recognizes its 232nd Birthday  (30 November 2007)
Members of the Navy Chaplain Corps staff assembled Nov. 28 in recognition of the 232nd anniversary of the Chaplain Corps.
Navy's Senior Chaplains Head to Albuquerque for Annual Symposium  (25 February 2008)
The Navy Chaplain Corps will hold its annual Senior Leadership Symposium, March 3-5, in Albuquerque, N.M. at Albuquerque Marriott Hotel.
Chaplain Corps' Strategic Leadership Symposium Highlights Future of Navy Religious Ministry  (18 March 2008)
In an unprecedented show of attendance and participation, the Navy Chaplain Corps' Strategic Leadership Symposium in Albuquerque, N.M., March 3-5, is being called one of the most successful ever held.
Sea Services' Religious Diversity Reflection of Society  (30 September 2008)
Like the nation, the Navy is extremely diverse. The term diversity encompasses not only the categories of race, age, gender and national origin, but also religion.
Religious Program Specialist Rating Blessing the Navy for 30 Years  (15 February 2009)
In 1979, the Navy established the religious program specialist (RP) rating to provide Navy chaplains with professional support personnel adept in religious programming and administration.
Chaplain Corps Hosts Operational Stress Control Course  (24 April 2009)
The Chaplain Corps 2009 Professional Development and Training Course was held April 21-23 at Naval Support Activity Naples Capodichino Base for military chaplains and medical and religious specialists.
Marine Trades Blues for Navy Chaplain Khakis  (24 September 2009)
A 15-year active-duty Marine Corps captain traded in his green gabardines for a U.S. Navy-issued khaki uniform Sept. 16 at a ceremony at Breckenridge Hall on board Marine Corps Base Quantico.
The Making of a Chief Religious Program Specialist  (7 October 2009)
The chiefs pinning ceremony dates back to April 1, 1898 and is among one of the most admired and unique Navy rights of passage. Each September, chiefs from all over the Navy gather to welcome newly frocked members of the mess.
Deputy Chief of Navy Chaplains Visits Yokosuka  (21 October 2009)
The chaplain of the Marine Corps/deputy chief of Navy Chaplains visited Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 2 to discuss the Chaplain Corps and to meet service members in the region.
Navy Chaplain School Relocates  (21 October 2009)
The U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps recently relocated and consolidated its chaplain and enlisted religious program specialist (RP) training schools from Newport, R.I and Meridian, Miss. to a facility at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.
Former Navy Chief of Chaplains Dies  (25 November 2009)
A former U.S. Navy chief of chaplains died Nov. 21 in Williamsburg, Va.
Naples Area Toys for Tots Brings Smiles to Hundreds  (19 December 2009)
A component of Marines from the NATO Band, base personnel from AFSouth and others went to Stelle Degli Angeli, a school for underprivileged children ages one to six in Mondragone, Caserta, Italy to distribute donated toys and to have a little fun Dec. 16.

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