Army chaplain

Lt. Col. Derrick Riggs, serving in Afghanistan as command chaplain for NATO Special Operations and the Special Forces Joint Task Force, knows the pain of loss in a warzone. But he continues in his ministry of "bringing God to soldiers and soldiers to God."

Lt. Col. Derrick Riggs

The words "bow your heads as we pray" echoed off the fellowship hall of Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel at the U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Humphreys annual the prayer luncheon had begun. With folded hands and closed eyes, participants sat at their candle-lit tables.

Derrick Riggs is a lieutenant colonel serving in the US Army as deputy commander, chaplain in the US European command.

Jorge Baez Ramirez was commissioned as an Army chaplain in 2010 serving with the Army Reserve’s 338th Medical Brigade and worked as a hospice and hospital chaplain for eight years ... Now, Chaplain (Maj.) Jorge Baez Ramirez serves as the international staff chaplain for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.

According to Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Douglas L. Carver, the Army's new chief of chaplains, chaplains in today's Army are more important than any time since World War II.

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Commander James Johnson reads a Bible passage during a religious ceremony at Camp Pendleton. Navy Chaplains work closely with US Marines.

FORT POLK, La. — If you’ve been around the military for any length of time, you know that as Thanksgiving Day approaches, most installations host some type of program through the post chapels to financially assist those who might need a helping hand with preparing a holiday meal. While Fort Polk is no different from other Army posts, the end result of this year’s Operation Helping Hand almost seems like, well, a holiday miracle. “The money typically comes from the chaplain tithes and…