by SSgt Sonia Clark | Jul 17, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Michael Heitman shares a faith message with members of the Botswana Defense Force and members the North Carolina National Guard during a combined Sunday morning service, on July 14, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to participate in Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent.

by SSgt Sonia Clark | Jul 17, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
Botswana Defense Forces Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Michael Moletaska preaches his sermon for members of the BDF and members the North Carolina National Guard during a combined Sunday morning service, on July 14, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to participate in Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent.

by SSgt Sonia Clark | Jul 17, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
Botswana Defense Forces Chaplain (Capt.) Thabalaka speaks during a combined Sunday morning service for members of the BDF and members the North Carolina National Guard, on July 14, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to participate in Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent.

by SPC Jessica Todd | Jul 17, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
The 2019 Army National Guard Best Warrior competitors bow their heads as Chaplain (Maj.) David Jordan, chaplain with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, gives a benediction during the competition’s opening ceremony at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma, July 15, 2019. Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition is the culminating test for the top 14 noncommissioned officers and Soldiers from seven regions across the nation who compete in a week-long test of soldiering skills and abilities to take home the title of 2019 Army National Guard Soldier and NCO of the Year. (Oklahoma National Guard Photo by Spc. Jessica Todd)

by SSgt Sonia Clark | Jul 17, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
Botswana Defense Forces Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Michael Moletaska preaches for members of the BDF and members of the North Carolina National Guard during a combined Sunday morning service, on July 14, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to participate in Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent.

by Vaughn Larson | Jul 16, 2019 | Army Chaplain, DVIDS Chaplain, National Guard Chaplain
Watching her husband and other Soldiers in the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team work through their deployment experiences in 2004, Jennifer Kuhnert realized that faith and spirituality can play a valuable role in that transition. That was when she first recognized the call to be a chaplain.