Since 1775 Navy Chaplains have stood the watch that supplied for, not solely non secular wants, but in addition confidential counseling, performing as embarked educators, and advising management on morale, ethics, and faith’s influence on operations.
The Chaplains Corps legacy is interwoven in U.S. Naval heritage. The core values of honor, braveness, and dedication have been shaped below the management of a Navy Chaplain. Warrior toughness (being bodily, mentally, spiritually match), now taught as a typical curriculum to all enlisted recruits and officer candidates, was co-designed by a psychologist, a Navy SEAL, and a Navy Chaplain. Resiliency coaching, religion research, neighborhood service, and deck-plating (a time period for chaplains visiting their individuals) all mix to spice up readiness which in flip guards in opposition to critical points like suicide, sexual assault, and home violence. Alongside the Chaplain Corps is the speed of Spiritual Program Specialist (RPs). RPs share in administrative, logistic, ethical and emotional triage, and drive safety. They oversee instruments for hardiness of physique, thoughts, and soul. Collectively the RP enhances a Navy Chaplain’s core capabilities of offering Divine Providers, confidential counseling and take care of all, and facilitation for various non secular wants which shield the Free Train of Faith enshrined throughout the Structure. The result’s a spiritually resilient Sailor, Marine, or Coastguardsman strengthened for service world-wide.
All through the USS George H. W. Bush Service Strike Group are chaplains who assist Service Air Wing 7, the Data Warfare Commander, Destroyer Squadron 26, and the Leyte Gulf. The Spiritual Ministry Group (RMT) charts the course for religious readiness by enabling these Sailors to steer with excellence anchored in deep ethical values. RMT chaplains present non secular ministry according to the religion traditions of their members. They facilitate a strong non secular program that meets the varied faiths throughout the Strike Group and so they take care of all in a way that builds religious resilience, psychological and bodily toughness, and energy of character. Moreover, the RMT advises respective leaders on non secular freedom, morale, moral points, cultural considerations, non secular and neighborhood international relations, and are engaged within the commander’s choice making cycle.
Earlier than and since deploying from Norfolk, VA, the Command Spiritual Ministries Division (CRMD) onboard GEORGE H.W. BUSH coordinated a strike group vast pre-deployment journal with Media division, and two hangar bay primarily based resilience rodeos with complete caregivers for Sailors and households. They turned the primary East Coast ship to host the United Via Studying (UTR) Cell Story Station on our pier and achieved over 200 UTR classes recording Sailors studying to their kids again dwelling. Underway, chaplains taught over 30 ‘About Face’ put up disciplinary lessons restoring Sailors to readiness and coordinated two neighborhood relations initiatives (COMRELS) wherein 78 Sailors volunteered over 12 hours in Crete and Croatia, straight strengthening worldwide alliances. The Bush’s Roman Catholic priest and Service Air Wing 7’s chaplain launched into eight “Holy Helo” missions to ships throughout the strike group, offering worship and care. Sailors remodeled 4,650 morale calls from free library telephones and the CRMD hosted the primary service primarily based United Providers Group (USO) Expeditionary Group in Crete, offering free meals to look at standers. In the meantime with CRMD assist, participation in Household Readiness Teams (FRG) again dwelling quadrupled as Navy spouses discovered about monetary health and the cycle of deployment in a setting offering free, background checked childcare.
Because the Navy celebrates the 247th birthday of its Chaplain Corps, this neighborhood’s resolve stays robust. All through the George H. W. Bush Strike Group, each Spiritual Ministry Group stands their watch, partnering with Navy sources to chart the waypoints and to maintain mounted on the horizon in order that our warfighters and their households are spiritually prepared to face their look ahead to our Nation and its allies. The Chaplain Corps has inherited a wealthy custom of caring for all and the chaplains are able to forge forward with this precept. Wherever america Navy plots a course, and wherever our Sailors, Marines, and Coastguardsmen stand the watch, their chaplain shall be there additionally charting the course for religious readiness.
Chaplain Douglas Grace, CDR, USN, CSG TEN
Chaplain Brandon Hood, LCDR, USN, CVN 77
Chaplain Brad Guillory, LT, USN, CVN 77
Chaplain Jaime Nava, LT, USN, CVW 7
