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James Hugh O'Neill was born on January 14, 1892, the son of William O'Neill and Catherine Enright O'Neill. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree (1911) and Master of Arts degree (1913) from Loyola University (Chicago), he entered Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on May 20, 1915.
From October 2016 to July 2019, Green was the command chaplain at Fort Shafter for the United States Army Pacific. [5] Green was named deputy chief of chaplains and promoted to brigadier general in August 2019. In December 2023, he was promoted to major general. He was formally promoted in a ceremony in March 2024. [5] [6]
Sampson visits soldiers wounded in Vietnam at a military hospital in Japan in 1971. In 1966, Sampson was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army and promoted to the rank of brigadier general. On 28 July 1967, he was nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson for the office of Chief of Chaplains.
June 1988 - July 1991, Chief, Education and Professional Development Division, Office of the Command Chaplain, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. July 1991 - June 1993, senior chaplain, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash. June 1993 - August 1995, assignments officer, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Bolling AFB, D.C.
(Chaplains do not hold commanding authority.) [2] From 1775 to 1920, chaplains were attached to separate units. The Office of the Chief of Chaplains was created by the National Defense Act of 1920 in order to better organize the Chaplaincy. [3] Chaplain (Major General) William Green Jr. is the current Chief of Chaplains.
Reverend John P. McDonough – Served as the Air Force chief of chaplains from 1988 to 1991; Reverend Henry J. Meade – Served as the Air Force chief of chaplains from 1974 to 1978; Reverend Donald W. Shea – Served as the Army chief of chaplains from 1994 to 1999; Reverend Arthur S. Thomas – Served as the Air Force chief of chaplains from ...
Chaplain Arnold served two terms (8 years) as Chief of the Army Chaplain Corps and led the greatest transformation of the Army Chaplaincy. [6] On December 23, 1937, Arnold was appointed Chief of the Army Chaplain Corps by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with the rank of colonel. [3] He was the first Catholic to hold the office. [4]
During his service as a chaplain, he received the Purple Heart after being wounded by shrapnel in Vietnam and the Soldier's Medal for disarming a suicidal soldier who was holding a grenade. [2] [3] He became the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army in 1982 and served in that role until 1986. His time as Chief of Chaplains was ...