MEDIA ADVISORY: Top National Guard Chaplain visits Springfield to speak to Illinois National Guard Chaplains

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SPRINGFIELD, IL (03/14/2018) (readMedia)-- Meeting of the Illinois National Guard Chaplain Corps with Chaplain (BG) Kenneth Brandt.

WHO:

• Illinois National Guard

• Approximately 40 members of the Illinois National Guard Chaplain Corps

o Illinois Army National Guard Chaplains

o Illinois Air National Guard Chaplains

• Chaplain (BG) Kenneth Brandt, Senior Army National Guard Chaplain & Deputy Chief of Chaplains
WHAT:

 • Meeting of the Illinois National Guard Chaplain Corps.

• Keynote speech by Brandt.

o Speaking on Chaplain Identity - what it means to be a chaplain in the National Guard.

o Brandt also giving his expectations to the chaplains of the Illinois National Guard.
WHEN: Friday March 16, 2018 at 10:00AM Central Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Illinois Military Academy
Camp Lincoln
1301 N. MacArthur Blvd
Springfield, Illinois 62702
NOTES:

 • Media availability: Chaplain (BG) Kenneth Brandt will be available before he speaks at 11:00 a.m. No availability after his remarks.

• Illinois National Guard Chaplain Corps is currently looking to grow, has openings for approximately 10 local clergy to serve as chaplains in units across the state.

• For additional information, contact the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office at ng.il.ilarng.list.staff-pao@mail.mil, 217-761-3569