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  • Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: 1st FSSG chaplain's protector called to serve

    05/10/2004 7:55:02 PM PDT · by xzins · 5 replies · 1,403+ views
    The Marines ^ | Lance Cpl. Samuel Bard Valliere
    CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq(May 9, 2004) -- His first calling was to the Marines, the second was to the Lord. Today, one sailor serves both in Iraq. Stretched across a scarlet ribbon on the Navy Chaplain's Corps' seal are the Latin words "vocati ad servitium," meaning "called to serve." Petty Officer 2nd Class Wayne M. George, a 29-year-old religious program specialist, or "RP" for short, with the 1st Force Service Support Group, could use this motto to sum up his own life. Chaplains, considered non-combatants by the rules of the Geneva Convention, are not issued weapons. They are assigned enlisted sailors,...