Chaplaincy - Articles - Military/VA

• AG chaplain nominated as brigadier general
  President Bush in January nominated Assemblies of God Chaplain Col. David H. Cyr to be promoted to brigadier general. Since 2006 Cyr has served as the director of the Air Force Chaplain Service Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
• Evangelist speaks into the lives of soldiers and students
  This past week, Assemblies of God evangelist Dave Roever visited Elizabethtown and Fort Knox in Kentucky, with hundreds, if not more than a thousand lives coming to Christ. On Sunday, March 18, Roever spoke in a morning and evening service to nearly 1,500 soldiers going through training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Joining Roever were two U.S. soldiers who had been wounded in Iraq who shared their personal stories. At the close of the services, Roever asked for a show of hands of those who would like to accept Christ as their personal Savior.
• Repeated deployments mean more strain on military women
  When Amy Bleidorn's grandfathers served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, most Americans viewed active-duty women in the military as an extreme measure for an extreme time. Postwar society expected women to return home to focus on roles as wives and mothers.
• Navy Honors AG Chaplain for Excellence in Ministry
  This February, Captain James Hightower, an Assemblies of God endorsed United States Navy chaplain, was presented with the U.S. Navy's John H. Craven Award for ministry excellence. The award citation was presented by Rear Admiral Louis V. Iasiello, chief of Navy chaplains, on the 61st anniversary of the ceremonial flag raising following the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.
• Retired Navy Chaplain reflects on military and spiritual battles
  Though not a man given to showing emotions, 21-year-old Stanford E. Linzey Jr.’s fears rose to the surface during a battle in 1942 that would be the turning point of World War II.