The Chaplain Corps of the United States Army consists of ordained clergy who are commissioned Army officers as well as enlisted soldiers that serve as assistants. Their purpose is to offer religious services, counseling, and moral support to the armed forces, whether in peacetime or at war.
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Army Chaplain Center and School
The U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School (USACHCS) is part of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center (AFCC), which also includes the Air Force Chaplain Service Institute (AFCSI) and the U.S. Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC). The three schools are co-located at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, S.C.[1]
In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to put all military ministry training at the same location.[1]
The purpose of the AFCC is to have closer cooperation among the three chaplain corps and to share instruction and training.[1]
Noncombatant status
Chaplain assistants
Specialty insignia
- See: Military chaplain#Badges and insignia
- See: Military chaplain#U.S. Armed Forces uniforms, badges, and insignia
- See also: List of United States Navy staff corps (Chaplain Corps insignia: Christian, Jewish, Muslim)
Chiefs of Army Chaplains
- Major General Doug Carver - current Chief of Chaplains, United States Army
- Brigadier General Mathew A. Zimmerman (years in office unknown) – the first African-American Chief of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps
"The Four Chaplains"
When the troop-transport ship USAT Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II, four Army chaplains ministered to the soldiers and sailors on the sinking ship, gave up their life jackets, and sacrificed their lives when the ship sank.[2] Those chaplains — known as "The Four Chaplains" — were Lt. George L. Fox, Methodist; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish; Lt. John P. Washington, Roman Catholic; and Lt. Clark V. Poling, Dutch Reformed.
Chapel at U.S. Military Academy
See also
- John B. DeValles – Chaplain during World War I.
- Francis P. Duffy – Chaplain during World War I, for the 69th Infantry Regiment (a military unit from New York City and part of the New York Army National Guard) — known as "The Fighting 69th" — which had been federalized and redesignated the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment.
- Emil J. Kapaun – Chaplain during the Korean War. Died in a POW camp on May 23, 1951.
- H. Timothy Vakoc – Chaplain during Iraq War. First U.S. military chaplain to die from wounds received in the Iraq War.
- Charles J. Watters – Chaplain during the Vietnam War. Awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.
- Military chaplain#United States (including conflicts and criticism)
- United States Air Force Chaplain Corps
- United States Navy Chaplain Corps
- Religious Programs Specialist (Navy)
- Chaplain of the Coast Guard
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
- Chaplain
- Minister
- Imam
- Priest
- Rabbi
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "First Group of Navy Chaplains Graduate from NSCS Fort Jackson". Navy.mil (USN official website), 11/10/2009. By Steve Vanderwerff, Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
Further reading
External links
- Armed Forces Chaplains Board (AFCB) offical webpage
- Military Chaplains Association (MCA) official website. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF) official website. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation official website
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