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BEACONTHE CHAPLIANS CORNER

9ROXPH1XPEHU Who are your chaplains, chaplain assistants?

452 AMW Public Affairs by Col. Rick Givens his Doctor of Ministry from Dallas Theo- Chaplain (Col.) Rick Givens
QG6WUHHW%OGJ $0:ZLQJFKDSODLQ logical Seminary in 2011. Jacobs is a fitness Chaplain (Capt.) Tim Jacobs
0DUFK$5%&$ guru, so watch for him on the track or at the Senior Master Sgt. Rita Houchin
DPZSDZRUNÀRZ#XVDIPLO The 452nd Air Mobility Wing’s chapel gym on any UTA weekend. Staff Sgt. Daniel Stephens
team is here to serve you. The chaplains and
ID[ chaplain assistants assigned to the wing staff Senior Master Sgt. Rita Houchin
SKRQH are made up of a great group of men and Senior Master Sgt. Houchin grew up as a
women from various backgrounds and tra- “military brat.” Her parents were both medics
&200$1'(5 ditions. The common denominator is that in the Air Force. At 18, she joined the Marine
%ULJ*HQ5XVVHOO$0XQF\ they are here to serve you, right where you Corps and worked as an auto mechanic. After
are. They serve as a Religious Support Team a 16-year break-in-service, she joined the US-
38%/,&$))$,562)),&(5 (RST). When you see members of our chapel AFR in 2002 as a chaplain assistant. Houchin
&DSW3HUU\&RYLQJWRQ team out and about the base it is very inten- was activated for a year in 2005 serving at Tra-
tional that both a chaplain and chaplain as- vis AFB, California, and served two deploy-
(',725 sistant are readily available to you. In provid- ments to Iraq in 2007 and 2010. Houchin just
0V/LQGD:HO] ing for the spiritual support, moral guidance, completed her 29th year with the U. S. Post Of-
counseling, religious rites and general morale fice, with a recent promotion to the Statistical
$0:(',725,$/67$)) the hope is that you know your RST. Whether Programs supervisor.
6HQLRU0DVWHU6JW'DYLG6PLWK it’s at a commander’s call or in line at the chow Staff Sgt. Daniel Stephens
0DVWHU6JW0HJDQ&UXVKHU hall, at one of the worship services on drill Staff Sgt. Stephens joined the USAFR in
6WDII6JW+HDWKHU&R]DG6WDOH\ weekends or running on the track, your RST 2005 assigned to the 452nd Security Forces
6WDII6JW2VPLQ6XJXLWDQ is here to support you. Squadron. He deployed with them to Kirkuk,
6HQLRU$LUPDQ&DOOLH0F1DU\ Iraq and to Aviano Air Base, Italy. In 2010,
6HQLRU$LUPDQ.HYLQ0LWWHUKRO]HU But do you know your chaplains and chap- he transferred to the then 163rd Reconnais-
6HQLRU$LUPDQ-RVHSK'DQJLGDQJ lain assistants? I wanted to take this opportunity sance Wing, California Air National Guard,
6HQLRU$LUPDQ5XVVHOO0F0LOODQ to introduce these Airmen to you. The A-UTA and joined their chapel team. You may have
chapel team includes me, Chaplain (Capt.)Tim seen him on the March Field Blue Eagles Total
7KH %HDFRQ LV SXEOLVKHG E\ Jacobs, Senior Master Sgt. Rita Houchin, Staff Force Honor Guard team, where he served for
$HURWHFK1HZVDQG5HYLHZ$HUR Sgts. Daniel Stephens and Sarah Bruen. Get to five years. He recently transferred back to the
WHFKLVDSULYDWH¿UPLQQRZD\FRQ know us. Let us get to know you! USAFR and is the 452 AMW’s newest chap-
QHFWHGZLWKWKH86$LU)RUFHXQ lain assistant. When out of uniform, Stephens
GHUH[FOXVLYHZULWWHQFRQWUDFWZLWK Chaplain (Col.) Rick Givens enjoys coaching little league baseball, church
WKH QG$LU 0RELOLW\ :LQJ 7KLV I joined the U.S.Air ForceAir Force Reserve activities, cooking, barbecuing and family time.
FLYLOLDQHQWHUSULVH$LU)RUFHQHZV (USAFR) in 1986 as a chaplain candidate. I Staff Sgt. Sarah Bruen
SDSHULVDQDXWKRUL]HGSXEOLFDWLRQ served as an Individual Mobilization Augmen- Staff Sgt. Bruen joined the U. S. Air Force
IRU HPSOR\HHV DQG PHPEHUV RI tee (IMA) chaplain from 1986 to 1997. Follow- in 2006 as a 2W1 weapons apprentice, an Air-
86PLOLWDU\VHUYLFHVUHWLUHHVDQG ing a three-year break-in-service, for civilian craft Armament Systems Specialty. She cross-
IDPLO\PHPEHUV&RQWHQWVDUHQRW ministry, I returned to the Reserve in 2000 and trained to the chaplain assistant career field, en-
QHFHVVDULO\ WKH RI¿FLDO YLHZV RI served as an IMA at the Defense Language In- tering the USAFR in 2011 and joined the 452
RUHQGRUVHGE\WKH86*RYHUQ stitute, Monterey, California, for a year before AMW chapel team. Bruen grew up in Roches-
PHQWWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI'HIHQVH joining the traditional Reserve world at March ter, NY and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
RUWKH'HSDUWPHQWRIWKH$LU)RUFH Air Reserve Base in 2001. From 2001 to 2014, in Religion and Philosophy from Roberts Wes-
I served on the chapel team here. I deployed in leyan College in 2006. As a civilian, she has
7KH DSSHDUDQFH RI DGYHUWLV 2009 to Al U’deid Air Base, Qatar. From June worked as a hotel concierge. Bruen is currently
LQJ LQ WKLV QHZVSDSHU LQFOXGLQJ 2014 to September 2015 I served as the IMA working in a backfill assignment for the USAF.
LQVHUWVRUVXSSOHPHQWVGRHVQRW to the Air Force Space Command chaplain,
FRQVWLWXWH HQGRUVHPHQW RI WKH Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. In Octo- Staff Sgt. Sarah Bruen
SURGXFWV RU VHUYLFHV E\ WKH 'H ber 2015 I returned to March ARB as the wing
SDUWPHQWRI'HIHQVHWKH'HSDUW chaplain. I earned a bachelor’s degree in Music
PHQWRIWKH$LU)RUFHRU$HURWHFK and Biblical studies 1983 from Azusa Pacific
1HZVDQG5HYLHZ,QF University (APU), a Master of Divinity from
Asbury Theological Seminary in 1988 and a
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QHZVSDSHU VKDOO EH PDGH DYDLO Since 1990 I have worked full-time at APU on
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Jacobs received his Bachelor of Science in
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