Hugh's News & Commentary

I have learned over the years that when I goof and make errors (you know I am human) I will keep after a project until I get it right. I had hoped to get it right the first time. But, I unintentionally left off Chaplain (Captain) James Paul Ward, Jr. who is stationed at Fort Hood, TX.

In addition, I inadvertently omitted 2nd Lieutenant Jason Vaughn a Army National Guard Chaplain Candidate who is studying at Liberty University. He successfully completed and graduated from the Chaplain Officer Basic Leadership Course at Fort Jackson this year. We really miss his wife, Anna, who worked in the Evangelism USA office and upgraded our Chaplains Ministries, IPHC website. She is the best we have ever had. However, they have moved to North Carolina.

So, here's hoping that I have done it right this time. I want to apologize to Chaplain Ward and Lieutenant Vaughn for my error.

Where Our IPHC Military Chaplains Are in the World
Reviewed December 15 and 18, 2010

Air Force Chaplains
Ch, Capt Randy L. Sellers, USAF      Bagram, Afghanistan
Ch, Capt William J Braswell, USAF    Fort Meade, MD
Ch, Capt Chad Bellamy, USAF         RAF Menwith Hill, UK
Ch, Capt Timothy Sessions, USAF    Altus AFB, OK
Ch, Capt Shane Marley, USAF         F. E. Warren AFB, WY

Army Chaplains
Ch (COl) Jerry L. Jones, USA     Command Chaplain, Fort Sill, OK
Ch (LTC) Samuel Kenneth Godfrey, USA  Senior Army Chaplain at Arlington National Cemetery
Ch (MAJ) Terry Kesling, USA     Fort Detrick, MD
Ch (CPT) Suk Kim, USA            Fort Leavenworth, KS
Ch (CPT) James Paul Ward, Jr.   Fort Hood, TX
Ch (CPT) Sarah Tarpley, USA     Fort Jackson, SC

Navy Chaplains
LCDR Marc McDowell, CHC, USN      Fort Jackson, SC
LCDR Timothy R. Moore, CHC, USN  Pearl Harbor, HI

Navy Reserve
LTJG Kendall Taylor, Chaplain, USN Reserve   Fort Jackson, SC
LTJG Adam Erwin, Chaplain Candidate, USN Reserve  Resident in CPE, Anderson, SC

Air Force Reserve
Ch, Capt John J. Kwon, USAF Reserve     McGuire AFB, NJ

Army National Guard
Ch (CPT) Christopher Browder    Myrtle Beach, SC
2nd Lt Christopher Traffanstedt, Chaplain Candidate   SCU Graduate School
2nd Lt Jason Vaughn, Chaplain Candidate   Liberty University

Additional information:

Chaplan (CPT) Sarah Tarpley, USA will be attending the Chaplain Officer Basic Leadership Course at the Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson in January 2011. Following her graduation, she will be assigned to Fort Bliss, TX.

Chaplain (MAJ) Terry Kesling is being transferred from Weisbauden, Germany to Fort Detrick, MD, near Camp David. He is being promoted to be a Brigade chaplain, a step up from being a Battalion chaplain.

LCDR Marc McDowell, CHC, USN is to be deployed in January 2011, to Guantanamo, Cuba, for one year. That should be an exciting assignment and will look good on his resume.

LCDR Timothy R. Moore, CHC, USN is being transferred from Pearl Harbor with the Submarine Command to Norfolk, VA, to work with the Coast Guard on the east coast. That should be an fantastic assignment for him. He will be coming up for promotion to the rank of Commander on this next assignment.

Chaplain, Captain (Major Select) Jamie Braswell, USAF has been given orders to attend the Army's Family Life Counseling School at Fort Hood, TX. It will be a year or more of intensive education and training. He will be able to earn a Master's degree in Family Counseling from a nearby university.  He is scheduled to move sometime in May 2011.

Chaplain, Captain (Major Select) Randy Sellers, USAF is scheduled to return to the States next month. He is to be promoted to the rank of Major on Tuesday, February 2, 2011. He will be returning to Vance AFB, where he is the Senior Protestant Chaplain

I am working presently with a young pastor with considerable pastoral experience who desires to be a Navy chaplain. I will be writing a letter of approval for him to be commissioned an Ensign in the Navy Chaplain Candidate Program. He is a highly intelligent person and is enrolled in seminary to meet the educational requirements.