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The United States Navy Chaplain Corps is the body of military chaplains of the United States Navy who are commissioned naval officers. Their principal purpose is "to promote the spiritual, religious, moral, and personal well-being of the members of the Department of the Navy ", which includes the Navy and the United States Marine Corps .
A religious program specialist (left) during the Iraq War in 2005, armed with a rifle. The RP keeps his eyes peeled for threats while escorting the Navy chaplain. As the Geneva Conventions prohibit chaplains from carrying a firearm, armed religious program specialists act as their de facto bodyguards in the field.
The Chaplain School ceased activities in Newport 21 August 2009 for its move to Fort Jackson, and its name was changed on 1 October 2009 to the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC), [1] to reflect the fact that the school would no longer only train chaplains, but would now include training for Religious Program Specialists, as well.
William Nathaniel Thomas (March 21, 1892 – April 26, 1971) was a US Navy chief of chaplains, described by one historian as "one of the most distinguished Chaplains ever to serve in the US Navy." [ 1 ] Born in Mississippi and entering the navy in 1918, he became a rear admiral and was a chief of chaplains of the United States Navy (1945–1949).
Aug. 2—St. James Lutheran Church has announced former Navy Rear Admiral Donald K. Muchow as a guest speaker for its 175h Anniversary weekend in October. The church is inviting the community to ...
The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy advises the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard "on all matters pertaining to religion within the Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard"—but the Deputy Chief of Chaplains serves as Chaplain of the Marine Corps, "advising the CMC on religious ministry ...
The position was created in 1917 to "provide a system of appointing qualified and professional chaplains that meet the needs of the Navy". [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The nominee, as decided by the president of the United States , must be an active-duty officer of the Chaplain Corps above the rank of commander who has served in the Corps for at least eight years.
Joshua Louis Goldberg (January 6, 1896 – December 24, 1994) was a Belarusian-born American rabbi, who was the first rabbi to be commissioned as a U.S. Navy chaplain in World War II (and only the third to serve in the Navy in its history), the first to reach the rank of Navy Captain (the equivalent of Army Colonel), and the first to retire ...