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  • April Chaplain's Reflection

    In 1814, Francis Scott Key looked out over a war struck Baltimore and saw the American Colonial flag still flying. In that hour of deliverance for America, a song was born, the "Star Spangled Banner." This month many of faith will give remembrance to God; some by song others by fasting. What

  • May Chaplain's Reflection

    "Time to Consider: Ethics and Morality in Times of War"    How often do you think about matters of right and wrong? More importantly, how often have you thought about WHY you believe what you do about those questions? In today's society, we usually don't spend much time dwelling on those questions.

  • March Chaplain's Reflection

    If you're reading this, then statistically you have long since broken your New Year's Resolutions, if you even tried to make them this year. Most people who make resolutions for the New Year tend to give up about January 16th. While most New Year's Resolutions are positive goals and would usually

  • February Chaplain's Reflection

    "Rising Above the Storm""But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)I recently traveled by plane during a heavy rainstorm. As the plane took off from the Columbia

  • January Chaplain's Reflection

    "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us," -Ralph Waldo Emerson.About this time of year, many people examine how well they did on their New Year's resolutions made last year. How about you? Are you wondering why you slipped up or are you sailing

  • December Chaplain's Reflection

    "Loss and Hope - Remembering Pearl Harbor" "Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of

  • November Chaplain's Reflection

    One thing we all live with in the military is standardization. We wear uniforms, work under the same standards and even our hairstyles have to fall within the same measurements. When leaders at the top look at us, they see numbers and quantification. In the civilian sector there's a growing trend to

  • October Chaplain's Reflection

    "Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established." Proverbs 4:25-26 (HCSB)Technology today places the world at our finger tips. Modern advances allow us to keep abreast of the latest breaking news, Google

  • September Chaplain's Reflections

    "Is It Obvious?"Sometimes the answer to a complicated question is the obvious. During Basic Military Training, a Military Training Instructor once asked a trainee, "How did you come to my Air Force?" The Trainee replied (after the usual reporting statement), "By an airplane, Sir!" The trainee's

  • August Chaplain's Reflections

    During the months of June and July parts of South Carolina received record amounts of rainfall. While water is essential for the growth of trees, so are times of drought. How can this be you ask? When there's a lack of rain, it's been proven that the roots of trees go deeper into the soil to find