We are nearing our 250th Chaplain Corps Anniversary Kickoff Gathering 22-25 October 2024 in Columbia, SC. Latest details, who has registered so far, and the easy registration and hotel reservation process is at our website, chaplainregiment.org. For planning purposes we ask, urge (plead!) for you to commit now to coming. We want to arrange the best experience for you as possible. Remember: a 250th anniversary comes but once.
CH-Ret Tom Decker is looking for more articles for the website. Email your ideas and material to tomdecker2010@yahoo.com. This sharing can be a serious memory, a humorous anecdote, a book review, or a scholarly piece on a topic involving the Army Chaplaincy. A 1,000-1,200-word count is fine. No specific format. We reserve the right to edit with your permission to post. Be a website published author.
Your ideas and suggestions are solicited and seriously considered. Please forward your thoughts to me anytime, srlloyd@msn.com. The Association is working on several ideas submitted including golf tournaments, scholarships, country store, and more.
Some folks ask about the Association’s relationship with the Military Chaplains Association (MCA). Both groups have similar goals and programs, but there are two distinct differences. The MCA has developed into an umbrella organization for several different Federal chaplaincies, the military services being the mainline groups. USACCRA is strictly the Army Chaplaincy. Second, MCA is a political advocacy group in confederation with other military advocacy groups. This is an important and a worthy reason to be affiliated with the MCA. The Association advocates through traditional means of education and social but is not overtly political. USACCRA seeks to deconflict actions between us and the MCA for the greater good of all Federal chaplaincies especially the Army Unit Ministry Teams. Certainly, we advocate all Army Chaplaincy folks to join their own service branch family association. For an entire career and beyond, the vast majority and closest relationships will be formed within the Army. These Army family ties are most to be preserved now and till death.
Thank you for all you do for God and country.
Scottie Lloyd
USACCRA President
