As a 28 year veteran myself, I wish to thank you and your fellow Chaplin's for being the rock that held me together through some of the most difficult times of service. Sometimes it was just the coffee and donuts that worked, sometimes it was just the solitude of the chapel tent that helped me get my mind back together. It was that Christmas Mass at the underground church in Saudi Arabia, the Easter Sunrise service in Iraq that kept getting interrupted by mortar/rocket attacks, and many other services that are no less memorable. Later in my career as I supervised my young troops, when they had issues that were beyond my ability, I would send them to the Chaplin. Because I knew they would get the same help I did, and become a much better person for it.
From my heart Bethelgrad, thank you.
” that Christmas Mass at the underground church in Saudi Arabia, the Easter Sunrise service in Iraq that kept getting interrupted by mortar/rocket attacks, and many other services that are no less memorable”
Yeah, these guys did more for us than many can understand.
thanks for your service.