An active-duty Army Chaplain with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Currently, the Chief of the Department of Ministry and Pastoral Care at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Liberty, NC. During his career, he served on many different assignments, including multiple combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. A theologian and psychologist, his area of specialty encompasses clinical pastoral ministry, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicidality, and religion/spirituality as protective modalities. He is also a priest of the Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church. His articles present the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) or its components, and the DoD does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find in his articles.