Chaplaincy
Humanitarian Assistance Mission to Jangadam Afghanistan
It was an international activity as we convoyed about thirty minutes “outside the wire” to a nearby village in Afghanistan in December 2006. Our team was made up of Soldiers from my unit, the 25th Signal Battalion, as well as Soldiers from Base Operations (BASOPS) on Bagram Airbase. We were accompanied by 2 Polish gunners and met up with Soldiers from […]
A Prayer of Benediction for Chaplain Dale Goetz
FT. JACKSON, SC (3 Sep 10) – Recently, the Chaplain Corps lost one of its finest chaplains, Chaplain (CPT) Dale Goetz, in Afghanistan. We received the news here at the Chaplain School while attending the Chaplain Captain’s Career Course. Since many of us knew Dale, and the rest of us felt the camaraderie of a “Brother […]
Preparing to deploy
I have been staring at the blank page in front of me for most of the morning as I have tried to get “inspired” to write this piece. Anyone who knows me well knows that writing or speaking is usually not a struggle for me but today it is. Normally what goes on in […]
Tragedy . . . Why?
There are a few words in our language that are a complete sentence by themselves. “Why” is one of those words. Having four children, I have heard that question a lot: “But dad, WHY?” As a father, many times I did have an answer for that question: “You can’t play in the street because you […]
Behaving Valiantly
(Originally published in The Turret, Fort Knox, KY by Chaplain (CPT) Daryl Densford) In Old Testament Scripture, First Chronicles 19:13 says: “Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God; and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight” (KJV). This passage […]
Dying for freedom
I have been working this week on a burial service for a soldier whose remains have just been identified from the Korean Conflict. This process and the ultimate burial service has been a humbling experience for me. As I have explored the service record and history of this soldier I have learned that he went […]
Here I Sit 