Air Force Chaplain Corps

The RDC recently spoke with Chaplain Capt Lucas Dalgleish who was honored to be invited to jump into Normandy France on the 75th Anniversary of the DDay invasion and minister to our joint partners Chaplain Dalgleish jumped in with over 800 paratroopers from the Air Force 82nd Airborne and other joint nation partners on June 9th He was wearing a stole that was first issued to an Army Chaplain in the 1940s and worn into Normandy in 1944 It has been to every major conflict since then Vietnam First Gulf War and the current GWOT never leaving the shoulders of a military chaplain Ch Lt Col Daniel Waterman ret passed it on to Ch D at his retirement ceremony this past Summer and Ch D became its custodian while he is serving and until he passes it onto another chaplain Both Chaplain Dalgleishs grandfathers served in WWII so this jump had personal significance for him as well This ministry opportunity came about because of relationships and commanders willing to take appropriate risks plain and simple I knew Chief Un