Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard

Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard
Incumbent: CAPT Gary P. Weeden since: June 11, 2010

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The Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard (CHCG) is the senior chaplain of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and is attached to USCG Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a United States Navy Chaplain Corps officer who reports directly to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The current Chaplain of the Coast Guard is Captain Gary P. Weeden.^[1]

1 Purpose
2 U.S. Coast Guard Chaplains
3 See also
4 References

Purpose

The Chaplain of the Coast Guard serves as the Commandant's senior advisor on matters pertaining to chaplains and the free exercise of religion by USCG personnel. Chaplains provide religious ministry, advocate for and promote the well-being of USCG personnel, and serve as command liaison officers to civilian religious leaders, communities, organizations and agencies.

The USCG does not have its own chaplain corps. United States Navy and Public Health Service chaplains from the United States Navy Chaplain Corps are assigned to the USCG to serve in USCG units.^[2] The USCG Chaplains Orientation Manual provides guidance for chaplains assigned to these duties.^[3] Chaplains come from many different faiths and may be ordained or appointed as ministers, priests, imams, and rabbis.

U.S. Coast Guard Chaplains

	Name	Term began	Term ended
1.	CAPT Eddie B. Moran	1983	1986
2.	CAPT Richard A. Plishker	1986	1989
3.	CAPT James G. Goode	1989	1992
4.	CAPT Thomas K. Chadwick	1992	1995
5.	CAPT Skip Blancett	1995	1998
6.	CAPT Leroy Gilbert	1998	2002
7.	CAPT Wilbur C. Douglass, III	2002	2006
8.	CAPT William F. Cuddy, Jr.	2006	2010
9.	CAPT Gary P. Weeden	June 11, 2010	Incumbent

References

^ Biography of the Chaplain of the Coast Guard, CAPT Gary P. Weeden. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
^ "Locations" of Navy chaplains assigned to USCG (June 5, 2009). U.S. Coast Guard official website (Chaplain of the Coast Guard). Retrieved 2009-12-03.
^ The Coast Guard Chaplains Orientation Manual includes "Coast Guard Map of Areas & Districts", "Part A – General Orientation", "USCG Chaplain Orientation Process", "Chapter Two – Coast Guard Chaplains", "History of Coast Guard Chaplains", "Mission of Coast Guard Chaplains", "Coast Guard Chaplains Organizational Structure", "Role of Coast Guard Chaplains", "Part B: Plan of Ministry for Coast Guard Chaplains". Retrieved 2009-12-23.

United States Coast Guard

Portal:United States Coast Guard · Category:United States Coast Guard

Leadership	Secretary of Homeland Security · Commandant of the Coast Guard · Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard · Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

Organization	Missions · Reserve · Intelligence · Investigative Service · Legal Division · Deployable Operations Group Areas · Districts · Sectors · Stations (Air Stations) · National Ice Center · Research & Development Center · Coast Guard Auxiliary

Personnel and training	Personnel · Officer ranks · Enlisted ranks · Ratings · Coast Guard Academy · Training Center Cape May · Training Center Petaluma · Maritime Law Enforcement Academy · Joint Maritime Training Center · Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl · Chaplain of the Coast Guard

Uniforms and equipment	Uniforms · Awards · Badges · Cutters · List of cutters · Ship commissioning · Ship decommissioning · Equipment

History and traditions	History · Coast Guard Act · Life-Saving Service · Revenue Cutter Service · Lighthouse Service · Steamboat Inspection Service · Bureau of Navigation · "Semper Paratus" · Flag · Ensign · Racing Stripe · Band · Fleet Week · Coast Guard service numbers

Battles and operations	Quasi War · War of 1812 · West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations · Capture of the Bravo · · Ingham Incident · Amistad Incident · Great Lakes Patrol · Mexican-American War · American Civil War · Battle of Fort Sumter · Battle of Pig Point · Battle of Galveston Harbor · Battle of Portland Harbor · Overland Relief Expedition · Spanish-American War · Battle of Manila Bay · Battle of Cárdenas · Ice Patrol · World War I · 1st Battle of the Atlantic · Great Mississippi Flood · Rum Patrol · World War II · 2nd Battle of the Atlantic · Battle of Guam · Operation Overlord · Korean War · Vietnam War · Operation Market Time · Operation Sealords · Action of 1 March 1968 · Persian Gulf War · War on Terrorism · Afghanistan War · Iraq War · Operation Enduring Freedom HOA

United States Armed Forces

Book
Portal
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Category
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
- PHS
- NOAA
Navbox
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG

Leadership

Commander-in-chief: President of the United States
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman)
United States Congress: Committees on Armed Services:
- Senate
- House
Active duty four-star officers
Highest ranking officers in history
National Security Act of 1947
Goldwater–Nichols Act

Organization

Service departments	Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) Navy (Secretary) Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard

Branches	Army (Chief of Staff) Marine Corps (Commandant) Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) Air Force (Chief of Staff) Coast Guard (Commandant)

Other uniformed services	Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (Director)

Reserve components	Reserves: A MC N AF CG National Guard: A AF

Civilian auxiliaries	Military Auxiliary Radio System Merchant Marine Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified Combatant Command	Northern Central European Pacific Southern Africa Special Operations Strategic Transportation

Structure

United States Code
The Pentagon
Installations
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Budget
Units:
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Logistics
Media

Operations and history

Personnel

Training	MEPS ASVAB Recruit training: A MC N AF CG Officer candidate school: A MC N AF Warrant: A MC Service academies: A (prep) N (prep) AF (prep) CG Merchant Marine PHS Junior/Reserve Officers' Training Corps: A MC/N AF Other education

Uniforms	Uniforms: A MC N AF CG Awards & decorations: Inter-service A MC/N AF CG Foreign International Devices Badges: Identification A MC N AF CG

Ranks	Enlisted: A MC N AF CG Warrant officers Officer: A MC N AF CG PHS NOAA

Other	Oath: Enlistment Office Creeds & Codes: Code of Conduct NCO A MC N AF CG Service numbers: A MC N AF CG Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code Pay Uniform Code of Military Justice Judge Advocate General's Corps Military Health System/TRICARE Separation Veterans Affairs Conscription Chiefs of Chaplains: A MC N AF CG

Equipment

Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)

Sea	All watercraft Ships: A N (active) AF CG MSC NOAA Weapons: N CG Aircraft: N CG NOAA Reactors

Air	Aircraft WWI active Aircraft designation Missiles Helicopter arms

Other	Electronics (designations) Flags: A MC N AF CG Ensign Jack Guidons Food WMDs: Nuclear Biological Chemical

Legend: A = Army, MC = Marine Corps, N = Navy, AF = Air Force, CG = Coast Guard, PHS = Public Health Service, NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MSC = Military Sealift Command

Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States

Chiefs of Chaplains	Major General Donald Rutherford (Army) • Rear Admiral Mark Tidd (Navy) • Major General Cecil Richardson (Air Force)

Senior USMC/USCG Chaplains (working under USN Chief of Chaplains)	Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben (Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps, and Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy) • Captain Gary Weeden (Chaplain of the Coast Guard)

Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard

Contents

Purpose

U.S. Coast Guard Chaplains

See also

References