Military History
1953-1955 United States Army, Engineers,
Enlisted Personnel and Administration
Specialist, Fort Carson, Colorado (16 Jul 53
- 28 May 1955)
1955-1961 Active Army
Reserve units (Engineers, Medical Corps,
Artillery, Intelligence and Quartermaster) (
28 May 55- 2 Aug 1961)
1961-1964 Battalion
Chaplain, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas -
responsible for religious services,
counseling and Christian Education for 950
military personnel and their dependents (3
Aug l961 - Jul 64)
1964-1967 Battalion
Chaplain, 3rd and 5th Missile Battalion,
32nd Air Defense Command, Schweinfurt and
Weisbaden, Germany - responsible for
religious site services and counseling for
850 military personnel and their dependents
(Jul 64 - May 67)
1967-1969 Morris Hill
Chapel Center Pastor and Post Administrative
Chaplain, Fort Riley, Kansas - responsible
for religious services and religious
education for 1500 families and all
post-wide administrative duties. Supervised
1 professional Director of Religious
Education and 4 chaplain assistants.
Post-wide project officer for workshops and
retreats.
1969-1970 Squadron and
DISCOM Staff Chaplain, Americal Division,
Chu Lei, Vietnam - responsible for religious
services and counseling 2000 military
personnel in a combat environment; technical
staff supervision of 2 chaplains and 3
chaplain assistants. Chaplain Fund
Custodian. 16 May 69 -14 Jun 70)
1970-1971 Student, US Army
Chaplain School, Fort Hamilton, New York
1971-1974 Depot Staff
Chaplain, Army Material Command, Sacramento,
California - planned, developed and
implemented the Army Industrial-Work Force
Chaplaincy Model for the Army Chief of
Chaplains, Washington, DC, and the
Industrial Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
for military and civilian personnel.
Supervised 2 professional staff (social
worker and counseling psychologist) and 2
non-professional staff. Chairperson, Long
Range Planning Committee, Willow Rancho
Baptist Church, Sacramento, California. (9
Jul 71- 12 Aug 74)
1974-1975 Division
Chaplain, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey,
Korea - conducted religious services,
planned and implemented the division-wide
spiritual and moral Pro-Life program.
Technical staff supervision of 17 chaplains
and 18 Chapel activities specialists. (12
Aug 74 - 17 Sep 75)
1975-1978 Staff and
Faculty, US Army Chaplain Center and School,
Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York -
Project Officer and Chief of Exportive
Training Office. Planned, developed, and
produced training extension courses and
Army-wide training literature; supervised 2
chaplains, 4 civilian professional staff
(graphic art specialists and steno-typist)
and 2 chapel activities specialists. (31 Oct
75 - 28 Apr 78)
1978-1979 Pastoral Coordinator, Fort Dix,
New Jersey - responsible for post-wide
programming and budgeting, Chaplain
professional training and logistical
support; supervised 2 chapel activities
specialists and 1 chapel activities
supervisor. (28 Apr 78 - 1 Sep 79 ) Retired
1 September 1979
Campaigns: Vietnam
Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive Commissioned 19
May 1959
