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EUCOM Chaplain Nominated for Promotion to Flag
The U.S. European Command is honored to congratulate Navy Captain Mark Tidd, the EUCOM Command Chaplain, on his nomination to promotion to Rear Admiral (lower half). We were all excited to see the announcement in the Dept. of Defense press release last Thursday. Chaplain Tidd has moved mountains within the Religious Programs arena and enabled EUCOM to go in some slightly non-traditional directions, especially in the area of engaging with partner nation military chaplaincies and other religious leaders in the European theater.
Chaplain Tidd meets with Major Lasha Beridze, Georgia military (right) and Father David, Georgian Orthodox priest (left).
I served with Chaplain Tidd in the late 90's aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in Norfolk, Va. I take great pride in knowing another "TR" Shipmate is moving up to the senior leadership ranks of our military. He will be one of only two flag-rank Navy Chaplains and serve as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Navy, while also serving as the Chief of Chaplains for the U.S. Marine Corps.
"Good on ya, Admiral!"
CAPT Ed Buclatin,
EUCOM Director of Public Affairs
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Six Years Later…EUCOM Supports Professional NATO Chaplaincies
In November 2008 I became the Deputy Command Chaplain at U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. A couple of months ago I participated in a planning meeting for the annual NATO Chaplain Operations Course at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. The meeting included some chaplains who had attended the pilot course held in February 2003, and others who had been students there more recently. Military Chaplains face challenges on the battlefield that go beyond the boundaries of pastoral needs for the troops. We work in multinational environments where synchronization with command religious programs, encounters with Civil Military Operations, and non-governmental organizations are critical to the success in combat. In war or peacekeeping missions, working in a cooperative military chaplaincy environment is a force multiplier for commanders.
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EUCOM Chaplain Delivers Field Kits to Republic of Georgia
In our recent trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 1, 2009, EUCOM’s senior Chaplain Assistant, Army Master Sergeant Ralph Martinez, and I presented six portable field worship kits to the leader of training and education of the joint staff of the Georgian Military, Major Lasha Beridze, and the Orthodox priest assigned to support the joint staff, Father David Londaridze. During this visit, we discussed developing training specifically for chaplains and collaborated on ideas for the way ahead for future engagements between our two organizations.
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Too bad that Mark Tidd caved in to the fundamentalists and decided to continue discrimination again gays in the military. Great job you're doing, Mark! Shame on you.