Chief of Chaplains celebrates Chaplain Corp’s 75th Anniversary with Team Hickam

Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks to Airmen at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 23, 2024. Kitchens discussed the significance and history of the chaplain corp and it’s separation from the Army Air Corp in 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Chief of Chaplains celebrates Chaplain Corp’s 75th Anniversary with Team Hickam

Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, coins Senior Airman Maribel Rios-Stewart, 647th Air Base Group religious affairs journeyman, during a 75th Chaplain Corp Anniversary celebration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 23, 2024. Kitchens coined and gifted Rios-Stewart with a 75th anniversary coin and patch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Chief of Chaplains celebrates Chaplain Corp’s 75th Anniversary with Team Hickam

Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks to Airmen at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 23, 2024. Kitchens discussed the significance and history of the chaplain corp and it’s separation from the Army Air Corps in 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Chief of Chaplains celebrates Chaplain Corp’s 75th Anniversary with Team Hickam

Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S Air Force Chief of Chaplains, and Senior Airman Maribel Rios-Stewart, 647th Air Base Group religious affairs journeyman, cut a cake together during a 75th Chaplain Corp Anniversary celebration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 23, 2024. It’s an Air Force tradition for the lowest and highest ranking Airman to cut the cake together. Kitchens later passed a slice of cake to Rios-Stewart to symbolize the passing of knowledge to a younger generation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Chief of Chaplains celebrates Chaplain Corp’s 75th Anniversary with Team Hickam

Published April 23, 2024
By Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker
15th Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks to Airmen at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 23, 2024. Kitchens discussed the significance and history of the chaplain corp and it’s separation from the Army Air Corp in 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)