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Engineers build place in Iraq for U.S. Soldiers to worship
Army News Service ^
| April 7, 2004
| Spc. Bryan KinKade
Posted on 04/07/2004 7:33:03 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
Engineers build place in Iraq for U.S. Soldiers to worship
By Spc. Bryan KinKade
Missouri National Guardsmen build a chapel in Iraq to give U.S. Soldiers a place to worship.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, April 7, 2004) From the ground up, a 200-seat chapel in Iraq is being built to give U.S. Soldiers a place to worship.
Engineers from the Missouri National Guard, put their carpentry and masonry skills to the test.
These Soldiers are hungry for services, said Lt. Col. David Moran, a chaplain from 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. When I got here a little over four weeks ago, it was a level concrete pad.
The structure will be ready to its full potential by April 15. Services will include Contemporary Protestant, Catholic Mass and Lutheran.
Weve been at a steady pace and everyday we make progress, said carpenter, Staff Sgt. Clifford Bailey, with the Missouri National Guard. Were well ahead of schedule and weve had no problems with the building materials.
This building would not have been started by now, but they wanted a real project they could look back on and know that they took care of the Soldiers spiritual needs, Moran said.
Even though the building isnt complete, the chaplains havent let that get in the way of their services.
We used a large cardboard box as a make-shift alter, said Maj. Grant Johnson, the deputy division chaplain for 1st Cav. We also used a laptop so people could read songs, and we gathered in a circle for prayer and worship.
The 203rd engineers have built many other structures throughout the Iraq area, since their June 2003 deployment, to include a live-fire search and seizure training building, showers, a water tower and living quarters.
(Editors note: Spc. Bryan D. Kinkade is a staff writer for the 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs Office.)
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Missouri; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1stcav; 203rd; chapel; chaplain; gnfi; iraq; moguarg
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BAGHDAD, Iraq From the ground up, a 200-seat chapel in Iraq is being built to give U.S. Soldiers a place to worship.These Soldiers are hungry for services, said Lt. Col. David Moran, a chaplain from 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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203rd Engineer Battalion
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Missouri National Guard
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:42:36 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
(Marine in Fallujah 4/7 to father re. terrorists:"if they have not left town, they are going to die.")
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good!
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:43:28 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(My Dog Can Lick Anyone.)
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Bump!
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:48:01 PM PDT
by
Alamo-Girl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We just sort of take civilization with us where ever we go.
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:48:06 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Tell you what, I'm not Jewish but think we should be one GIANT synagogue right smack dab in downtown Badhdad and/or Fallujah.
Have it be the largest and most ornate structure. Do it for poetic justice. Do it for a big fat F YOU to these terrorist bastards.
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:52:30 PM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(Where is the outrage?!)
To: Miss Marple
"May God bless them!"
You can't be more right than that. I'm so utterly respectful, and grateful for your soldiers. My prayers are with them and their families. Thanks America for taking the leadership!
Estevan, SK., Canada
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posted on
04/07/2004 8:29:52 PM PDT
by
mirado
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump.
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Left hand over the heart. WTH?
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posted on
04/07/2004 9:06:55 PM PDT
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Ben Chad
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retired Army chaplain bump
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BUMP!
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posted on
04/07/2004 10:57:07 PM PDT
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
Good on all of them. May the Lord protect this structure and all who worship there.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
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posted on
04/08/2004 10:20:44 AM PDT
by
blackie
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I've seen Chaplains use the hood of their jeep, up turned empty ammo crates, a full pallet of "C-Rats", or just about any thing else for an alter. Troops have stood, sat on their helmets, rocks stumps or just the dirt at divine services in the field. Coming in they were dirty, tired, red-eyed, and could barely talk above a whisper. Once there and after the invocation from the Chaplain a miracle happened, the voices were loud and clear on the Hymn, their eyes were wide open and attentive, the heavy mantle of weariness looked to be gone. They were new men they truly had received the bread of everlasting life.
The present of these surrounding so much like what was left at home will go a long way to increasing that portion of the manna from above.
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posted on
04/08/2004 5:58:46 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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