Good morning and welcome to the chief
of chaplains Change of office and
retirement ceremony in honor of rural
Admiral Brent W . Scott ? Please rise
for the arrival of the official party
and remain standing for the
presentation of colors , the playing of
our national anthem and the invocation .
Military guests . Please remain covered
for the duration of the ceremony .
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advance the colors .
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Present arms .
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retire the colors .
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Rear Admiral carry cash , chaplain
corps . United States Navy will now
offer the invocation followed by the
singing of amazing grace by instant
Samuel Hill . I invite
you to join me in a word of prayer .
Let us pray almighty God !
Creator , redeemer and friend who sets
up sets us at tasks which demands our
best efforts who leads us to
accomplishments which satisfy and
delight us , who heals our infirmities
and renews our strength . We give you
thanks for Admiral Brent scott . Oh
Lord ! You who knitted us together in
our mother's womb , who fitted us and
framed us for your purposes have raised
up Brent scott in this generation for
these three decades to shepherd your
people in the sea services . His joy ,
strength . Vision and love for people
have been sure and certain and our
chaplain corps indeed our Navy are
forever changed by his influence . He
saw the vision . He made it plain so
that we might run . Who read it And the
vision did not delay . Thank you Lord !
That Admiral scott has always been a
bearer of good news today . May he know
how grateful we are for him And may he
hear that heavenly commendation ? Well
done . My good and faithful servant .
Oh Lord ! He did not come alone but
with his life partner and best friend
Marilyn together as a team , they
showed us that the marriage of true
minds bears great fruit . Bless he and
Maryland and their Children who have
known the sacrifices that come from
service to God and nation . May the
scott family celebrate on this day the
great faithfulness of God and
may your faithfulness to Admiral Todd
and Teresa be a great encouragement as
well . Grant to Admiral Todd Grace to
rest in you wisdom that sees clearly
courage to bear witness and power to
run faithfully . The race before him
into your hands . Almighty God ! We
come in this ceremony and this day that
the words of our mouths and the
meditations of our hearts be acceptable
in thy sight . O Lord ! Our strength
and redeemer . Amen .
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please be seated .
Good morning . I am senior Chief
Courtney Williams and I will be your
master of ceremonies today . I would
like to welcome you to this special
occasion , marking the change of office
for the Navy chaplain corps and the
retirement of Rear Admiral Brent W .
Scott . We are gathered to celebrate
with the scott family and witnessed the
final stage of three decades of
faithful service . The retirement
ceremony you witnessed today is not
prescribed specifically by U . S . Navy
regulation , but rather it is a time
honored example of the rich heritage of
naval tradition . It is a custom Holy
Naval without equivalent in the army or
Air force . We extend an especially
warm welcome to all of you for taking
part in today's ceremony . It is now my
pleasure to introduce the guest speaker
for today's ceremony . The 32nd Chief
of Naval Operations . Admiral Michael
gilding .
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Admiral Schultz . Lieutenant General
Olson . Distinguished guests . Flag and
general Officers , family friends .
Shipmates . Welcome . Thank you for
joining us here today . And let's Park
and the historic Washington Navy yard
Brent and Greg . Thanks for letting me
take part in this special event . It is
truly an honor to be here . Benson Hill .
That was wonderful . Uh Brent . You
have your own band . You're a rock star .
Besides the chaplain . In a few
moments we will bear witness To the
mantle of command transferring from one
leader to another . All of the
authority , the responsibility and
accountability for our Department of
the Navy's chaplain corps passes from
Rear Admiral Scott to Rear Admiral Todd
with a simple salute .
It is a huge responsibility . Our
chaplain corps sets the fleet spiritual
readiness . Our Navy's 840 chaplains
care for more than a half a million
sailors , Marines and Coast Guardsmen .
On average , each chaplain is
responsible for more than 670 service
members . And this has not even come
close to including our family members
and other civilians for whom they also
so graciously lead and aid at the
helm of this mission . Our Chief of
Chaplin serves as our principal flag
officer for all matters pertaining to
spiritual readiness and the free
exercise of religion for all .
In addition , the chief of chaplains
act is my personal spiritual advisor
while also serving the same role for
the commandants of the United States
Marine Corps and the United States
Coast Guard . Throughout my time is see ,
you know , readiness has remained my
number one priority , so that we the
Navy along with our tri service
maritime teammates in the Marine Corps
and the Coast Guard can deter conflict
promote peace and if necessary ,
protect our nation in war from our very
beginnings are chaplains have always
been there for us . What began in the
Continental Navy holds true today ,
chaplains of the Navy have shared in
the hardships and the heartaches and
the tribulations that we've all faced .
16 have lost their lives in time of war .
And six ships have been named in honor
of this special band of officers .
As we go to see all sailors and marines
know that the chaplain will be there
braving rolling tides and enemy bullets
walking alongside them and every
tragedy and every triumph .
A Navy chaplain holds a hallowed and
sacred office on every ship and every
squadron and within every seal team .
Our chaplains facilitate faith ,
provide care and they offer advice in a
way that makes them truly special and
truly professional as shepherds of our
marines , sailors and Coast guardsmen ,
chaplains about their lives to the
betterment and the spiritual readiness
of war fighters and all that . Those
words mean through kind
conversations and candid counsel ,
Chaplin's point out the north star in
the night sky to provide our fleet hope
well being resilience and the readiness
to stand there watching them out of the
times or the tides by the grace and the
goodness provided by our chaplains .
Our fleet steams boldly ahead , keeping
America secure today in far flung
corners of the globe . U . S . Navy and
Coast Guard ships and marines are
sailing squadrons are flying and
submarines are patrolling silently . We
are assuring our allies and our
partners around the world by keeping
the sea lanes open and keeping the
specter of war at bay . In the words of
President Theodore Roosevelt , our tri
service . Naval forces are the world's ,
in his words , surest guaranty of peace .
We cannot be this force for good
without our chaplains and religious
programs , specialists that comprise
our special chaplain corps from
spiritual readiness to moral clarity
and personal well being . They provide
our commanders , sailors and Navy
families with religious counsel
programs and freedom wherever there's
wherever and wherever required and they
worked tirelessly tirelessly in the
service of others . In many ways ,
our chaplains corps are the guardians
of our core values of honor , courage ,
respect and commitment . They stand
this watch 24/7 at sea or shore in
peace and in war they serve every
service member , every service member .
They set the highest moral standards
for our navy and fleet and they keep us
aligned with its North star . So
today is a celebration of these
officers that committed the dedicated
in the faithful chaplain corps and the
incredible leadership of Rear Admiral
Brent scott chaplain scott has
lived what he has preached After 12
years of presiding over his own
ministry in Texas Brent chose to join
our Navy and from the moment he swore
his oath three decades ago , he has
been a beacon of light and a consummate
leader in our navy . He has battled and
beaten back cancer and even fought off
a heart attack as he continued to vote
his life and spiritual to the spiritual
betterment of sailors , marines and
coast guardsmen around the world
specifically . Over the past four years ,
he has provided indispensable spiritual
advice at the highest levels of our
Navy and our nation . He's improved
religious support to our sailors ,
marines and their families where we
needed it the most . And he's
implemented reforms quietly but
effectively . That will strengthen the
professional naval chaplaincy for years
to come . If you ask anyone fortunate
enough to serve with him , they will
mention first his selfless devotion to
our sailors , marines and coast
guardsmen and complete devotion to his
mission . Everyone will tell you they
were blessed to have worked and learned
from Brent scott Brent .
I can't thank you enough For all you
have done over the last four years is
our 27th chief of chaplains in our
United States Navy . As I reflect upon
your impressive career , I'm reminded
of questions posed by President john F
Kennedy decades ago when he asked
and I quote it went in some future date .
The High Court sits in judgment on each
of us . Our success or failure in
whatever office we hold will be
measured by four simple questions .
First were we truly men and women of
courage . Second , were we truly men
and women of judgment . Third were we
truly men and women of integrity .
Finally , were we truly men and women
of dedication , courage , judgment ,
integrity , dedication . I've met a lot
of officers through the years and some
I can say have been examples of what
our Navy should aspire to be chaplain
scott . You are most definitely one of
them . The best officers are genuine
and contrary to popular belief . All
naval officers are human . They get
tired , they get angry and jealous .
They carry the same range of emotions
and frailty is common to all men and
women . Most leaders periodically
display these traits . The leaders that
I most admired bring among them were
certainly human but constantly strove
to be the best humans that they could
possibly be in the eyes of God and
that's definitely who you are Brent .
But most of all , I've been impressed
by your courage and your judgment ,
your integrity and your dedication .
Our Navy is more resilient and stronger
in heart and mind with having you at
our spiritual helm and we know too well
that family has stood alongside you and
deserved an enormous amount of credit
for providing you with the strength and
the stamina . You needed to lead and
serve our Navy so faithfully Maryland .
Thank you . Thank you for your
sacrifice and your support These past
30 years . During this time you and
Brent showed all of us how to live a
shared life of service . You two have
been a beacon of hope and wellspring of
faith for enlisted in officer wives and
their Children by offering your
selfless acts of service while building
at the same time . An incredible family
chris Aubrey , Amanda . You three all
supported your dad as he took care of
us on behalf of all of us . Thank you
for sharing your dad's time , his grace
and his passion for life with all of us
being in a Navy family can be a
challenge , but as you three , well ,
no , it can also be an adventure .
Thank you for the sacrifices you made
for our country . I promise that the
gift of your dad's time has made our
Navy in our nation much stronger .
We also welcome nine of Admiral Scott's
12 grandchildren . Each of you may be
the greatest beneficiary of this
ceremony because with retirement
becomes more time with your grandfather ,
it's also an honor to have Marilyn's
sister , Marilyn's mother , Shirley and
her sisters Debbie and Brenda . And you
and your sister Lori , here to
celebrate three decades of service to
our nation and a lifetime of faithful
leadership , from Amarillo texas to the
ranking flag officer of the United
States Navy chaplain corps . Rewritable
Brent scott . R 27 Chief of chaplains
will soon go ashore for the final time
having better the lives of so many
service members . His calming presence
and empowering leadership will be
sorely missed . That said ,
just as we are sad to see the scott
family go , we are excited for what
lies ahead chaplain . Greg Todd has
been an essential part of our Navy and
brings the exact kind of professional
experience . We need for this immense
responsibility . We welcome him and his
wonderful family , his mom , Anita ,
his wife , Teresa , his daughter ,
Janelle Valerie , Madeleine madeleine
Madeleine and Hillary . And from
afar his eldest daughter , Karissa ,
who sends her best from north Carolina ,
where she is bettering the minds of our
next generation As a hardworking
schoolteacher , Chaplin Todd . He
transforms organizations and his
dynamic leadership as deputy has
already helped strengthen the office of
the chief of chaplains . We are
thrilled to see you carrying on Chaplin
scott's momentum and strengthening
America's naval power by viewing our
fleet with spiritual readiness . I know
that like chaplain scott , you are a
servant leader , putting the needs of
our sailors , marines and coast
guardsmen and their families above all
else . We are excited to see what new
heights . You elevate this office .
Without a doubt . Our sailors and their
families are in great hands as you
build upon chaplain scott's long list
of successes
and I'll close with this Admiral scott .
You may be retiring , but your legacy
lives on in all of us . You've been a
North Star for our fleet and we all ,
every one of us would be wise to
emulate his example in our daily
commitment to protect and to serve this
great nation to our chaplains here
today , Serving afar . Thank you all
for your selfless dedication . What you
do on a daily basis matters to our Navy
and to our nation . Before I close , I
would ask one favor after the
celebration has come to a close .
Please take a moment to say a quick
prayer for the Scots and the Todds .
Say a prayer to for all of our sailors ,
soldiers , airmen , marines , and coast
Guardsmen deployed around the globe ,
putting their lives on the line
defending the rule of law and
protecting that very fragile thing that
we call freedom . Thank you very much .
May God bless you , your families , our
Navy and our voyages To come Brent .
Please join me at the lectern .
Admiral Dilday will now present Admiral
Scott with his end of tour Award guests ,
please rise
attention to award
the President of the United States .
Takes pleasure in presenting the
distinguished service medal to River
Admiral Brent W . Scott , chaplain
corps , United States Navy for service
as set forth in the following citation
For exceptionally meritorious service
to the United States and duties of
great responsibility as Chief of
Chaplains and Director of Religious
Ministry . From July 2018 through May
2022 . Road , Admiral scott provided
outstanding leadership to the Navy
Marine Corps , Coast Guard , Merchant
Marine Academy and Department of
Defense , by every means at his
disposal . And despite the impediments
of a pandemic , he fostered an
operational mindset throughout the
chaplain corps . His efforts garnered
the identification of spiritual
readiness as a functional requirement
of the Department of the Navy and
facilitated recognition of religious
ministry as the organizing principle
for all chapel across the Department of
Defense . He plays chaplains on every
deploying destroyer and expanded the
frontiers of professional Navy Naval
chaplaincy in the Marine Corps and
Coast Guard . No chief of chaplains in
modern history has made more sweeping
improvements to the manning and
training of chaplains and religious
programs specialists . Rear Admiral
Scott's superior performance of duties
culminated his 30 years of honorable
and dedicated military service . Rear
Admiral Scott's distinctive
accomplishments , exemplary leadership
and deep devotion to duty reflected
great credit upon him and were in
keeping with the highest traditions of
the United States Naval Service . For
the president , Carlos del Toro ,
Secretary of the Navy ,
Admiral guild a will now present mrs
Scott with a certificate of
appreciation ,
appreciation from the United States
Navy . To all who shall see these
presents greetings , Marilyn Scott , by
the authority vested in me . It is my
pleasure to express the grateful
appreciation of the United States Navy
to you for your unselfish patriotic and
devoted service during your husband's
30 years of military service . Your
unfailing support and understanding
helped immeasurably to make possible
his lasting contribution to the nation .
To those who who say a single man
cannot make a difference . I say wrong .
Your husband did . He made our Navy
stronger and kept our nation safe with
his service to the Navy . Now complete .
He will be able to spend more time with
you in the future . The United States
Navy . Thanks you and I thank you .
Given the 16th Day of May 2022 ,
Michael M . Dilday , Admiral United
States Navy Chief of Naval Operations .
Yes , please be seated .
Ladies and gentlemen , the chief of
chaplains . Rear Admiral Brent W scott .
Thank you . The two of the more
important words for one to communicate
and at times the most difficult .
In part it's because those words
connect us with our own vulnerability
and an admission that you can't do it
alone , that you need others to support
you in the way to your things of life ,
the things that really matter and
that's the case this morning . I should
start by thanking the Navy Band . They
are consummate representatives of our
Navy . I've enjoyed in the last eight
years living in D . C . Many of their
concerts in parks and various venues .
Thank you today for being here
and instant Sam Hill . I met
SaM when he was a midshipman at the
Naval Academy about four years ago
and he's obviously in the fleet today
and he brought with this event a
remembrance that Grace is greater than
ourselves . And I thank you so much Sam
for for your willingness to be a part
of this ceremony . I hope to use you
again someday thank you blessings to
you and Senior Chief Courtney Williams ,
Voice of the Navy and today's him . See
you have to know this for him to
support this event was absolutely a
selfless act , particularly because
senior retires this week himself .
He deserves our applause
And I'd like to recognize our Chief of
Naval Operations . Admiral Mike Gilda
Cno has rightly assessed that the
soul of the Navy is the sailor . But
more importantly that the soul of the
sailor continues to be unnecessary
strength for the war fighter as he or
she engages in the most difficult of
times to include combat your
support sir , in allowing spiritual
readiness to be brought to the
forefront of this institution has
earned my respect and my gratitude and
I appreciate your willingness to
preside over this change of office and
my retirement . We're fortunate to have
many distinguished guests with us this
morning . And so you know , as
mentioned , some of them I wanted to
add to the pile first of all , Admiral
Karl Schultz , the commandant of the
Coast Guard and Mr Andy Hi
plea , who's the Director of the Naval
Staff , General Greg Olsen ,
Director of the Marine Corps Staff And
my battle buddy in South America during
capstone . And you're you're a
great battle buddy . And you also have
brought a lot of strength . Too many of
us on this diocese I . C . C . And P
here today . And you snuck in on us .
But thank you sir for your support all
these years . I must recognize two of
my fellow Chiefs of chaplains , Major
General tom soldier um from the United
States Army and Major General randy
kitchens from the United States Air
Force and there are many other flag and
general officers here with us today and
with your busy schedules and all the
commitments you have . Your presence
here means even more
noteworthy in this crowd are
individuals who are a part of the long
blue line of former chiefs and Deputy
Chiefs of chaplains and a few of them
are here today . We've been graced
through the decades with men and women
who were raised up for God's purpose in
their own time , chaplain , Mark Tidd ,
the stabilizer , Margaret kibun , now
chaplain of the House of
Representatives , the equalizer
and blues baker in the league Greg
horne from your former investment .
The current impact of the core rest .
Thank you for all of your leadership ,
your mentorship and the collegiality
Over the years , there are several
partners here from the religious
organizations that credential sind and
support the clergy that become Navy
chaplains and I gotta tell you to
become a Navy chaplain is not easy .
It's a tough wicket to get through . We
quite literally could not care for the
young men and women who wear our
nation's cloth without you and
I appreciate so many of you that are
here today . Con kitchens , who's my
endorser . Thank you for being a pastor .
two pastors like me , so many of
these along with our family , our
friends , our shipmates and mentors
have served in my life to demonstrate
what right looks like in a leader in an
officer , a father , a husband and some
of you for the past several decades .
Thank you for your presence here . A
poignant reminder to me that none of us
can do it alone . Iron does
sharpen iron . And so it is
that so many of you have served such a
purpose in my life . I'm grateful
today for an incredible staff present
and passed . You've gone beyond what
you were asked to do , guiding your
work and support with vision and a
spirit of excellence . I am so grateful
for you . If you're a member of the
chaplain corps , a chaplain or
religious program specialist , I'd ask
you to stand at your seat and if you're
hiding under the tent , step out , I
want this group to see you . Please
stand . Mhm .
This is my tribe
members of a profession called
professional naval chaplaincy and
these enablers of spiritual strength
are the men and women who have thrust
themselves in the middle of the muddle
with sailors , marines , and coast
guardsmen . Many of the senior
chaplains and RPS that are here today
Are leading at Echelon two and 3 with
skills and abilities that are requisite
of any advanced naval officer and I
am forever indebted to you and will
spend the rest of my days grateful for
you and your service and support . So
let's give them one more round of
applause
terry Edinger as the reserve deputy .
Your focus on readiness has been a
steady reminder of what's really
important . God speed to you and carry
the newest member of our flag cadre . I
could not have asked for a more engaged
and effective commanding officer of our
schoolhouse . Your selection as the
next deputy was one of the best
decisions made by our Navy in the
past decade . And I mean that
most notable among my running mates is
Admiral Greg , Todd Greg . I've
run my leg of the race and now it's
your time . I could not have asked for
a better deputy . An Advocate , an
example of careful thought . I have
every confidence that you will lead
this community to a deeper and a
broader impact within this institution
and for the benefit of the young men
and women who serve in every corner
and climb of this globe . God bless
you richly for this greater task .
And lastly , my family , the Cno has
already welcomed my mother in law .
Shirley baker , Marilyn's two sisters ,
their husbands , my sister Lori and her
husband , john , I can't overstate how
much that you mean to Maryland . And to
me we know you sacrificed a great
deal to be here and I must
shine a spotlight on my three Children ,
chris Aubrey and Amanda . I'm so
proud of you . You were able to
extract every good thing from
your experiences growing up in a
military life and culture and create a
more pliable view of the world . If
people knew of your stories ,
they would instantly know that you've
become exemplars of faith and fortitude
and I'm really glad that you married up .
I thank Brandon and Tony and Christie
for your willingness to claim us as
parents to Marilyn .
We've had the blessing of an
enduring journey That began when we
were 15 and carried us into a
life of friendship , of passion for
each other and the partnership of
raising our Children , giving ourselves
to ministry and service to country .
We've chosen some pretty risky things
in life . And you've been with me all
the way through sickness and in health .
You've been honest with me , you've
been faithful to me and is equally
dedicated to serving God and this
nation , what we do
on that horse farm called Patriot Hill
in the years to come , we will do
together and with way fewer
meetings that I'm accustomed to
some of the things that I've not been
or given to you , I will be
and I will give you're my center of
gravity and all the roses in texas
pale in comparison to the one I plucked
40 years ago from the lone star state .
I love you always have
and always will .
So the three points of this sermon or
over thank you . Thank
you and thank you .
And I could never have imagined that
this journey would be what it was and
nor be more honored by the
responsibility that has been afforded
me . And so every sermon must end in a
prayer and with that in mind .
Amen God's blessing ,
Rear Admiral scott will take a moment
to present tokens of appreciation to
his family as the navy band plays great
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Radziwill scott . You stay released .
We have the watch .
Yes sir .
I will now read my orders . Yes please
rise .
Cno order to 771 effective
1016 May 2022
Detached from duty as Chief of
Chaplains . Director of Religious
Ministries in 097 . Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations . Effective
one june 2022 . You will be
transferred to the retired list in the
grade of Rear Admiral
Senior chief Williams . Hold down my
flag , aye , aye sir .
God's flag .
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Rear Admiral scott will now be present
personal flag by master Chief Religious
program specialist Peter . But cell
I will now read my orders . See no
order 0942 effective
1001 16 May
2022 Report for duty as Chief of
Naval chaplains of the Navy n .
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
and additional duties as the Director
of Religious ministries .
Sir . I relieve you as the Chief of
Navy chaplain
sir .
See you know , I'm ready to assume the
duties as the Chief of Navy chaplain .
You are you have your orders
in the United States code . Rear
Admiral Todd . Chief of chaplains will
now be promoted to the rank of Rear
Admiral upper half .
Good morning again , yeah , we're the
only military in the world . It takes
an oath to an idea the constitution ,
not to a king . We're a president or a
political party or even the Navy .
It's a really , really powerful oath
and all that it stands for . And so I
would ask all those that are currently
serving and all those who have served
to quietly whisper this oath to
yourself . Is that as the Admiral takes
it so that we can all recommit
ourselves to that oath . Thank you .
Please raise your right hand and repeat
that I state your name . Hi Gregory
Neil Todd . Do solemnly swear . Do
solemnly swear that I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States that I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies foreign and
domestic against all enemies foreign
and domestic , that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same that I
will bear true faith and allegiance to
the same . And I take this obligation
freely . And I take this obligation
freely without any mental reservation ,
without any mental reservation or
purpose of evasion or purpose of
evasion . And that I will well and
faithfully and that I will well and
faithfully carry out the duties of the
office , carry out the duties of the
office on which I'm about to enter upon
which I'm about to enter . So help me
God , so help me God , congratulations .
Look super job
senior chief Williams . Break my flag .
Yes , Great Rear Admiral Todd's
flag .
Mhm .
Yeah ,
he did .
Ladies and gentlemen , Rear Admiral
Gregory scott . Chief of chaplains ,
slight correction .
We'll give thanks unto the Lord for he
is good for his mercy , endures forever .
Psalm 1 36 . See you know ,
flag leaders ,
Military leaders , family , friends . A
sense of overwhelming gratitude barely
scratches the surface of our emotions
today as we sit underneath the
waterfall of God's grace for us for
Teresa and I I'm sorry you all got
splashed in that waterfall . It's
almost as a as a seattleite . I feel
like saying welcome to a spring day in
Seattle . Mhm . So you know , thank you
for your support for the chaplain corps
and Teresa and I are particularly
thankful for your leadership and
support from linda and you for us .
Thank you so much . I also like to
thank the commandants of the Marine
corps for their support over me . The
last four years . General Berger
General Neller . They're fantastic
mentors for me and of course the
commandant of the Coast Guard , Emerald
Schultz and Emeralds . Welcome . We
thank you all for being here . What a
what a blessing we have had the
blessing of serving in all three of the
sea services that the chaplain corps
supports and it is really amazing
to be in that place . I have to also
say thank thanks Raymond scott ,
Marilyn , thank you for
and bringing in Teresa and I under your
wing and teaching us
leadership in the chaplain corps .
Thank you sir , appreciate your
mentorship . Of course we want to thank
our religious ministry teams . The
great ministry that you all are doing .
We're thankful to the staff , the
Director of Religious ministry staff .
Great stuff . I'd also like to
recognize just the religious
organizations that send chaplains to
the chaplain corps . Thank you for
sending us your best and your brightest
and please keep them coming . We need
more . So I'll do a little recruiting
for chaplain peters there . We need
more . Thank you . I also want to say
thank you to my own religious
organization , Lutheran church Missouri
Senate . I've got my pastors here .
Thank you for that . I've got Admiral
Guard , one of our previous L . C . M .
S Flag officers and thank you for your
prayers and leadership . Just thank you
too chaplain Craig Mueller and the
great support he's provided he is in
our world was called the director of
religious ministry to the Ministry of
the Armed Forces . But for me he is my
bishop and my friend . I'm truly
thankful for him .
We're also thankful to all our friends
who have come from along the way . I
think my my roommate from chaplain
school chaplain john franklin there he
is . My goodness . Yeah ,
what a what a great friendship we
struck up and so thankful for your here ,
thankful for my
Chancellorsville friend
Admiral Jim Shannon , thank you for
being here . Jim appreciate it . Help
me get on the right track as a chaplain
is fantastic . Um for our friends
from Jacksonville and the Marine Corps .
For the signs . A friend and Christine .
Thank you for being here Vic and Karen
Ambrose you guys thank you and and
thank you for just the support you've
given us over the years . It's been
fantastic . Our Marine Corps friends
General AJ pus asian . I don't know if
they made it here but AJ and I deployed
together and he is definitely a
shipmate and of course our Coast Guard
shipmates , Admiral Ryan , thanks for
being here mike , appreciate it .
Finally , for those whom the emotions
need special care because they're so
precious , profound , profound
gratitude to my mom and dad who gave me
so much . But chief among these gifts
are the gifts of faith faith in jesus
christ and the assurance of his love .
My dad died seven years ago , but by
faith in christ , I'm reassured that I
will see him again . My mom continues
to be a prayerful prayer warrior .
She's out there and praise for
chaplains every day . And by the way ,
uh , chaplain peter , she's also doing
her recruiting bit as well . She tells
everybody in the tri cities area of
Washington that the Navy needs more
chaplains . So that's working good
Jamal . Can you recognize
my mom ? Just some simple
flowers .
Our four wonderful Children or are
wonderful daughters . We have five
daughters actually . So I'm losing
track three sons in laws , four
grandchildren . I don't want to
embarrass them all because I if I
really got down that road , this
ceremony would go way too long . But
suffice to say very proud of them . In
fact , there's a little bouquet for the
youngest lady there that Yeah ,
she's oh , she's on a bathroom break .
That happens when you're three . Okay .
But finally , probably the one that I'm
gonna have to brace myself for Teresa ,
my friend , my partner ,
my wonderful life . How does one do
justice in articulating the impact of
40 years ? Yeah .
40 years of encouragement of sharing
with one another is God's grace of
strength for the challenges ,
challenges and shared grief in the
disappointments . It is certainly
beyond my ability to articulate it
accurately or to do it justice .
All I can simply say thank you ,
thank you and I love you .
Our senior chaplains and RPS . We're
gonna be gathering this afternoon . No ,
you don't get the day off . The other
guy was a softie . We're gonna get
we're gonna get to work . Okay ? So
this afternoon we're gonna be talking
about the way ahead . So I'll save that
for later . But I would simply call
everyone's attention to the chaplain
corps motto , Okay , theO ad 70
called to serve or as I like to
translate , called unto service .
I translated a little differently
because it is service , not just simply
the act of serving that we're
called to and service implies a shared
gathering . This is something we shared
together , but you know , being called
is something that the chaplains can
claim easily obviously . But I believe
this is it's something that's true for
all of us . We are all called
to serve to service
to care for a neighbor ,
particularly in this world , our world ,
the military , this world of war
fighters and warfare , The awesome and
destructive tools of this trade , need ,
the grounding , the restraint of
divine caution that they should be only
used in service ,
Service to and care for those we've
been entrusted to protect that is our
neighbor . This is part of our vocation
as the chaplain corps to call the Navy ,
the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard to
their sacred duty to wield the sword in
righteousness . We prepare them
spiritually in anticipation of that
difficult task and we stand by them
in this challenge . My prayer .
My prayer is that we will be
faithful shepherds , always present
and faithful to our flock
with our tools , the tools of our trade ,
to strengthen them . That is our divine
tools , the tools
of God's spirit and his word ,
May God grant us that faithfulness amen
right by Rear Admiral Terry Edinger ,
chaplain Corps , U . S . Navy , and
remain standing for the departure of
Rear Admiral Scott and family .
Let us pray together ,
Almighty God creator , sustainer ,
sustainer of us all . In this
ceremony we invoke empower your holy
spirit . We give your we give you
thanks for the celebration of this
special day . We give you thanks for
Rear Admiral Brent scott and his over
30 years of uniform service to U . S .
Navy , Marine Corps and Coast Guard .
We give you thanks for the sacrifices
he and his family have made on behalf
of the sea services . May your
blessings be with him , his wife
Marilyn , his Children , his
grandchildren , and gus in his
retirement as he begins a new chapter
in his life . May you give him many
happy years together . May you give him
success in all of his future endeavors ?
We give you thanks for Rear Admiral
Greg Todd . May . Your guiding hand be
upon his shoulder as he leads our
community into the future . Endow him
with the spirit of wisdom and
discernment . I pray as he faces the
task ahead . May he be a beacon of your
light for our sea services . Bless his
wife , Teresa and his family who
graciously supports him . And finally
we , we also ask that you watch over
our men and women of our armed services
who are stationed all over the world
who are in harm's way . Please protect
them and keep them in your loving hands .
We ask that you bestow your wisdom on
our world leaders as they may bring
about peace and send your holy name . I
pray Amen
boost post the side boys ,
bam . Sound off .
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Mhm .
This order has been passed on naval
ships from the 1500s through today .
All navies of the world use a boson
side boys and call to bring aboard or
send a shore commanding officers and
dignitaries . It was not uncommon for
the commanding officer of the ship to
order up the jolly boat A crew of eight
strong backs side boys and a boson to
send an old shipmate to assure
retirement home never to sail on naval
ships again . All hands on deck was
past speeches were made about great
victories , raging storms , weathered
in voyages to strange and distant lands
today . Our navy has given most of the
honors traditions and ceremonies back
to history . Time does not give us the
freedom to do all of those things from
the past , but we still must stop all
engines . Layabout smartly and dropped
the anchor to pay homage to one of our
shipmates going ashore to ensure the
years served the guidance , the
leadership , the friendship And the
expertise that this ship mate has
freely given these 30 years .
Okay ,
Okay . Rear Admiral
chaplain , Corps , United States Navy
Retired and family departing .