My dream as a young boy was to always join the military and see the world. I grew up extremely poor in a small rural town in Ohio. I had to drop out of High School at 16 to help provide for my family. I retired a U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain. Served as a Pastor. Have a Post Graduate Degree. Serve as a College Adjunct Professor. Traveled the World. All thanks to the Military. God is Good.
IRR USAR Chaplain. Retired June 2010. (ARPERSCOM). Retired Reserve.
What a great military career.
Reserve Call-UPS: Dec 2000 thru Feb 2003, I served on continuous AD Orders supporting the 120th CH Det (Team B) and 88th RSC. Deployed to Germany in 2000, Yuma APG, AZ in 2001, Ft. Knox, KY in 1999 and 2002. Mobilized with the 423rd QM Bn (Water) from Feb - Jun 2003 at Ft. Lee, VA. Served on a CO-TTD with the 1st Bn 22nd FA (FATC) June - Oct 2003 at Ft. Sill, OK. Mobilized Nov 2003 - Nov 2004, served with the 3rd Bn 13th FA (MLRS), 214th FA Bde, III Corps Artillery at Ft. Sill, OK. Mobilized Aug 2005 - Aug 2006, SOUTHCOM, JTF-B at Soto-Cano AB in Honduras. Deployed to Japan Feb to Apr 2008.
Active Duty Call-UPS: Desert Storm Jan - Apr 1991. Turkey (USMC) Aug - Nov 1979.
Assigned to U.S. Army Japan. I served as the U.S. Army Reserve Garrison Chaplain in Japan. I deployed to Camp Zama, Japan in 2008. Supported all Active Duty Units assigned to U.S. Army Japan. Trained at the USMC Base, Camp Fuji, Japan. I was in Japan when the Cherry Blossum Trees began to bloom. Great Tour. Transferred into the IRR at St. Louis, MO.
U.S. Army Reserve Group Chaplain serving in a (Major 04 Slot). Supported U.S. Army Reserve Units assigned to the 38th Ord Grp in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Trained and supported units and Soldiers at Ft. McCoy, WI, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., Ft. Hunter Liggett, CA, Letterkenny Army Depot, PA, Bluegrass Army Depot, KY, Ft. Dix, NJ, Ft. Bragg, NC, Ft. Meade, MD, Ft. Bliss, TX, Picianny Arsenal, Aberdeen APG, McGuire AFB and Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA. Transferred to U.S. Army Japan. (USARJ)
Redeployed back to CONUS and Demobilized at Ft. Benning, GA. Upon demobilization, returned back to my U.S. Army Reserve Command. Re-Assigned to the 718th TC Battalion (USAR), from JTF-B, where I was mobilized under SOUTHCOM at Soto-Cano AB in Honduras. Attended the 88th RRC Chaplain CREST School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Transferred to 99th RRC. Assigned to the 38th Ord Group in Cross Lanes, WV. Served as the Group Chaplain.
Assigned to U.S. Army Japan. Deployed to Japan on an Active Duty Reserve Augmentation Tour. Served as the U.S. Army Reserve (Garrison Chaplain) in Japan. I received the (Number 2) on my Army Reserve Components Training Ribbon. This was my 2nd Reserve Overseas Training Tour. Germany was my first Reserve Overseas Training Tour in 2000.
Mobilized and deployed from Ft. Benning, GA to Soto Cano-Air Base in Honduras. I served as the SOUTHCOM JTF-B Chaplain. I supported the Joint Command. Provided support to (Operation New Horizons) in El Salvador. Awarded the Joint Commendation Medal, Joint Achievement Medal and the Volunteer Service Medal.
Deployed to Germany as an Army Reservist. Served as the 7th Army CMTC, Army Reserve Chaplain. I served at Hohenfels. Awarded the U.S. Army Reserve Overseas Training Ribbon. Great Tour.
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