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CHESAPEAKE, Va., Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aaron & Hur Society, sponsored by the Daniel & Martha Davey Foundation, has named retired Navy Captain Steven D. Brown as its 2026 Chaplain of the ...

(The Center Square) – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a new directive to revamp the U.S. military Chaplain Corps. The new directive was issued one week after a Department of Justice Religious ...

NORFOLK, Va. — In an all-out push to meet the mental health needs of sailors, the Navy is embedding chaplains as a permanent part of guided-missile destroyer crews. While the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps ...

Lt. j.g. Stacie Powell, a 49-year-old wife, mother and grandmother, is the first female active-duty Navy chaplain endorsed by ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is poised to meet its goal of having a chaplain serving aboard each of its destroyers by 2025, culminating a yearslong effort to have dedicated emotional and spiritual counselors ...

Valentine’s Day in elementary school at Tropical was all about cards and candy for classmates. By Jefferson Middle School, I was plotting how to surprise a special crush. And in high school at Merritt ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — If there are not enough chaplains to go around in a future mass casualty event, the Navy is now reaching out to civilian clergy to provide a helping hand. The U.S. Fleet Forces ...