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Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center
The Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center (AFCC) was the center for training of United States military chaplains, located at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Co-located on the AFCC campus were: the United States Army Chaplain Center and School, the United States Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, and the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps College. The Center included the "Joint Center of Excellence for Religious Training and Education."
Ground-breaking for the AFCC took place 6 May 2008, and the official dedication of the campus occurred on 6 May 2010.
The Air Force Chaplain Corps College returned to Maxell AFB, AL in 2017. The United States Naval Chaplaincy School returned to NAVSTA Newport, RI in 2019.
The creation of the AFCC began with the 11 November 2005 "Base Realignment and Closure" (BRAC) mandate for U.S. military chaplains. The mandated included two "imperatives":
The decision to create the AFCC included an 11.6 million dollar construction plan for a building with 45,800 square feet (4,250 m2) of space, including a 300-seat auditorium.
The Army, Navy, and Air Force schools were co-located on the AFCC campus, but their training programs for Chaplains, Chaplain Assistants and Religious Program Specialists were independent, and each has its own Commandant/Commanding Officer, faculty and staff. There was an overall Director and Senior Enlisted Advisor who deal with common issues affecting all schools, but each of the three schools maintained its own lines of authority and responsibility with the Chief of Chaplains and training leadership for its branch of the Armed Forces.
However, although each service school trained its chaplains, sharing the AFCC campus allowed for some joint classes and lectures, especially when guest lecturers in subjects like preaching—subjects that cross military service lines—visited the center.
The first AFCC director Air Force Chaplain Col. Steven Keith, said the directors of the individual schools that will share the AFCC campus worked to bring together elements with special meaning that could be shared. For example, the center's hallways have stained glass from a closed Army chapel in New Jersey and a closed Air Force chapel in Germany.
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Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center
The Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center (AFCC) was the center for training of United States military chaplains, located at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Co-located on the AFCC campus were: the United States Army Chaplain Center and School, the United States Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, and the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps College. The Center included the "Joint Center of Excellence for Religious Training and Education."
Ground-breaking for the AFCC took place 6 May 2008, and the official dedication of the campus occurred on 6 May 2010.
The Air Force Chaplain Corps College returned to Maxell AFB, AL in 2017. The United States Naval Chaplaincy School returned to NAVSTA Newport, RI in 2019.
The creation of the AFCC began with the 11 November 2005 "Base Realignment and Closure" (BRAC) mandate for U.S. military chaplains. The mandated included two "imperatives":
The decision to create the AFCC included an 11.6 million dollar construction plan for a building with 45,800 square feet (4,250 m2) of space, including a 300-seat auditorium.
The Army, Navy, and Air Force schools were co-located on the AFCC campus, but their training programs for Chaplains, Chaplain Assistants and Religious Program Specialists were independent, and each has its own Commandant/Commanding Officer, faculty and staff. There was an overall Director and Senior Enlisted Advisor who deal with common issues affecting all schools, but each of the three schools maintained its own lines of authority and responsibility with the Chief of Chaplains and training leadership for its branch of the Armed Forces.
However, although each service school trained its chaplains, sharing the AFCC campus allowed for some joint classes and lectures, especially when guest lecturers in subjects like preaching—subjects that cross military service lines—visited the center.
The first AFCC director Air Force Chaplain Col. Steven Keith, said the directors of the individual schools that will share the AFCC campus worked to bring together elements with special meaning that could be shared. For example, the center's hallways have stained glass from a closed Army chapel in New Jersey and a closed Air Force chapel in Germany.
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