Air Force Chaplain, Captain Chad Bellamy who is assigned to the 421st Air Base Group, RAF (Royal Air Force) Menwith Hill, UK (United Kingdom), has been selected as the USAFE (United States Air Forces in Europe) Chaplain Company Grade Officer of the Year.
The USAFE Command Chaplain Directorate is very proud to announce the 2010 United States Air Forces in Europe Chaplain Corps Awards Program Recipients. The following list of individual and team superstars provided outstanding ministry and service to the United States Air Forces in Europe Personnel and their families. They have epitomized the USAF Chaplain Corps values of “Glorifying God, Serving Airmen, and Pursuing Excellence."
Congratulations to the following individual Award Recipient:
Edwin R. Chess (Outstanding Company Grade Chaplain) Award
Chaplain, Captain Chad A. Bellamy, 421st Air Base Group, RAF Menwith Hill. UK
These award recipient will now represent USAFE (United States Air Forces in Europe) at the next level of competition with other nominees from across the Air Force. Request appropriate commanders conduct one last quality check of their packages to ensure they are ready for AF level competition. Our HQ USAFE/HC POCs will provide specific feedback accordingly.
//SIGNED//gsh 21 Jan 2011
G. SCOTT HENRY, Chaplain, Colonel, USAF
USAFE Command Chaplain
What this means is that he will now enter Air Force level of competition for the Edwin R. Chess Award, the highest honor he can receive as a Company Grade Chaplain/Officer.
We are quite naturally very proud of Chaplain Chad Bellamy. His charming wife, Jeri, is to be given a great deal of the credit. He, like most of us men, married up when he married Jeri. She is the wind beneath his wings. They have three handsome and beautiful children: The Mighty Parker, Sweet Daisy, and Adorable and Affable Asher (his name means happy).
If you follow Chaplain Bellamy around for a day or two, you would be dragging. He is energetic, hard working, full of Spizzerinctum, and productive. Let me list a few things:
Conducted a Fall Retreat Weekend for 80 US Navy families assigned to Menwith Hill.
Hosted Jamie Braswell and co taught (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) ASIST and safeTALK training for our community. Empowered people with suicide intervention and awareness skills.
Just completed a Valentines Marriage Enrichment Weekend w/70 adult participants and we provided childcare for 40 kids. We hosted a guest speaker from The Netherlands and offered 6 hrs training. The Chapel sponsored a date night out for all attendees.
Our National Prayer Luncheon is upcoming. We will host Air Vice Marshal Ray Pentland as our guest speaker. AVM Pentland is the Royal Air Force Chaplain in Chief.
We will be conducting a Spring USAF Retreat Weekend targeting 150 families.
[Editor's comment: I have found out that out of 7 nominees for the Air Force wide competition for the Edwin R. Chess Award, the IPHC has 2 chaplains out of the 7.
I had the privilege of meeting Chaplain, Major General Edwin R. Chess in 1966, when we were stationed at McChord AFB. He was promoted to the grade of major general November 1, 1966, at which time he became the Chief of Air Force Chaplain Service. He has so many ribbons on his blue uniform that Melvine told him he had enough ribbons to make a quilt.
Chad is enrolled in the D. Min. degree at Erskine Theological Seminary. That is a major undertaking, and it reveals the determination he has for further post-graduate studies in his field of ministry.]
Posted on
Thu, February 17, 2011
by Hugh Morgan