Today we remember the Four Chaplains. Has anyone on Rally Point participated in this ceremony?

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:55:30 -0500

I have twice been a part of a 4 Chaplains' ceremony. Once overseas and once stateside.

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Feb 3 at 2020 9:55 AM

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:55:58 -0500

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Feb 3 at 2020 10:06 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 10:06:31 -0500

Read a great article on this a while back.

Response by CW5 Jack Cardwell made Feb 3 at 2020 10:18 AM

CW5 Jack Cardwell — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 10:18:12 -0500

Know about them but never been to a ceremony honoring them.

Response by PVT Mark Zehner made Feb 3 at 2020 12:36 PM

PVT Mark Zehner — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:36:32 -0500

Not yet!

Response by SSG Robert Mark Odom made Feb 3 at 2020 12:59 PM

SSG Robert Mark Odom — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:59:32 -0500

I remember going to memorial services with my parents when I was younger to honor their service to our country.

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Feb 3 at 2020 2:55 PM

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:55:34 -0500

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Feb 3 at 2020 2:56 PM

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:56:27 -0500

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Feb 3 at 2020 3:25 PM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:25:20 -0500

I do know of the Four chaplains and their sacrifice to save the lives of others but haven't been to a ceremony to Honor these Four fine men.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Feb 4 at 2020 3:08 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:08:22 -0500

Way back in the day while assigned to NRMC Camp Pendleton, my office was in the basement. At the other end was the chaplains offices and small chapel. We "groundhogs" got pretty tight. They'd do a special service on Groundhog Day to remember the Four Chaplains. Pretty much only the groundhogs (logistics too) showed up. Our holy rollers included a O6 Catholic and O5 Methodist and Rabbi. They were prime examples of respect for each other's religion and service to all. It was easy to see why the special service held was a no brainer to them. The sermon aspect was you didn't have to be a chaplain to be of service to all. Since then, I never saw or heard of this service. However, a bunch of the time, there were no chaplains around so I'd presume it'd go off somewhere else.
As an aside, we collectively rebelled at the notion of wearing name tags for the Navy Ball. Word was, we had to. So we swapped name tags. I became Rabbi Ball. It got hilarious as people would look at my sleeve trying to figure out what a Rabbi's emblem was. I merely stated the CEC emblem was the burning bush and they went with it. Medical types would believe anything. And Father Cohill? He was a supply officer. Unfortunately his Christian Cross device was just to much to explain away as a dagger, telephone pole, etc. He did try.....