U.S. Army Cpt. Robert Lacey, Chaplain with the 109th Regional Support Group, South Dakota Army National Guard, speaks with a fellow Soldier at the Prayer Breakfast during the 2019 Golden Coyote Exercise at Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D., June 12, 2019. The Golden Coyote Training Exercise is a three-phase, scenario-driven exercise conducted in South Dakota […]
U.S. chaplain participates in international exercise
U.S. Army Maj. Kirk Thorsteinson stands in front of medical tents at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 14, 2019. Thorsteinson is a brigade chaplain with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 38th Alaska Army National Guard and is participating in Khaan Quest 2019 from June 14-28. Khaan Quest enables the relationship of mutual respect between […]
Oklahoma Guard chaplain baptizes Soldiers during Western Strike
B-ROLL (:00-1:06) Chaplain (Maj.) David Jordan, chaplain for 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, travels with a group of Soldiers on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Chaffee, Arkansas to Camp Gruber Training Center to be baptized. Jordan explains the importance of a chaplain’s role in the National Guard. (Oklahoma Army National Guard […]
VTANG Says Farewell to General After 38 Years
Lt. Col. Michael Medas, a chaplain assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, delivers an invocation at the start of a retirement ceremony for Brig. Gen. Joel Clark, Chief of Staff for the Vermont Air National Guard, at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., June 7, 2019. Clark is […]
104th Fighter Wing Airmen earn Community College of the Air Force degrees
Major Kenneth Devoie, 104th Fighter Wing chaplain, gives an invocation at a Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony June 9, 2019, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The graduates were congratulated for their accomplishments and hard work put in towards achieving their degrees. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Sara Kolinski)
Chapel banner in military facility in Slobozia, Romania
A banner outside the chapel at the military facility in Slobozia, Romania. The banner represents remembering the dead, which is the last tenet of the chaplain’s services he wants every soldier to remember. Saber Guardian 2019 is an exercise co-led by Romanian Land Forces and U.S. Army Europe to enhance joint and combined interoperability across […]
Why I Serve
Capt. David Craig talks about what it’s like to be a Chaplain in the Iowa National Guard and why service is so important to him. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Brandon Burk) #WhyIServe #U.S. Army Chaplain Corps
119th Wing conducts training exercises during unit training assembly
U.S> Air Force Lt. Col. James Cheney, a chaplain in the 119th Wing, provides counseling for an Airman who is acting as an attack victim during a training exercise at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., June 8, 2018. The training is required periodically and is routine at Air National Guard bases […]
Bishop Receives Patriot Award
(From left to right) Capt. Michael Dandurand, Chaplain assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Col. William Gieze, Vice Wing Commander of the 180th Fighter Wing, Bishop Daniel Thomas, and Randy Gasser, Employer Support of the Guard and reserve Ombudsman Director, pose for a photo outside of Holy Trinity Parish in Swanton, Ohio after presenting Bishop […]
All Things Bright and Beautiful – Capt. Paul S. Alexander
U.S. Army Capt. Paul S. Alexander, a chaplain with in the 254th Medical Detachment, a combat operational stress control unit, oversees a visit by the battalion commander June 8, 2019 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. Alexander has been in the military for 16 years, during which time he has used his photographic skills to […]
