WThe Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (CCH) is the chief supervising officer of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps.. From 1775 to 1920, chaplains were attached to separate units. The Office of the Chief of Chaplains was created by the National Defense Act of 1920 in order to better organize the Chaplaincy. The current CCH is Chaplain Thomas L. Solhjem.
WChaplain William Richard Arnold was an American Army officer and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the 5th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1937 to 1945 and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces from 1945 until his death in 1965.
WChaplain (Colonel) John Thomas Axton, USA was an American Army officer who served as the First Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1920 to 1928.
WChaplain (Colonel) Alva Jennings Brasted, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 4th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1933 to 1937.
WChaplain Douglas Lanier Carver, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 22nd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. He was appointed to this assignment on July 12, 2007 and was the first Southern Baptist chaplain to be promoted to the position of Chief of Chaplains in more than 50 years.
WChaplain (Colonel) Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 2nd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1928 to 1929.
WChaplain Norris Leonard Einertson, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 17th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1986 to 1990. Einertson held degrees from Luther Theological Seminary and New York Theological Seminary. He was endorsed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
WChaplain Gaylord Thomas "G.T." Gunhus was an American Army officer who, from 1999 to 2003, served as the 20th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. He is a 1962 Graduate of Seattle Pacific University where he was named Alumnus of the Year in the spring of 2001. He later graduated from the Lutheran Brethren Seminary in 1967 with a Masters of Divinity degree.
WChaplain Patrick John Hessian was a United States Army officer who served as the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1982 to 1986. He was ordained in 1953, and attended seminary at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, MN.
WChaplain David Harlan Hicks, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 21st Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2003 to 2007. Hicks began his career in 1958 and was stationed as a patrolman in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 1965. An ordained Presbyterian, he served as a command chaplain at the United States Army Special Forces Command (USASOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has over 30 years of experience as an army chaplain. As the Army's Chief of Chaplains, he oversaw over 2,200 chaplains serving in United States Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve capacities.
WPaul K. Hurley served as the 24th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army and is a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese for the Military Services. Fr. Hurley retired on May 30, 2019, being succeeded by his Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Thomas L. Sohljem.
WChaplain Gerhardt Wilfred Hyatt, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 13th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1971 to 1975. He was ordained in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. After his retirement from the Army he became President of Concordia College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
WKermit Douglas Johnson, USA was an American Army chaplain who served as the 15th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1979 to 1982.
WChaplain Orris Eugene Kelly, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 14th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1975 to 1979.
WChaplain Luther Deck Miller, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 6th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1945 to 1949.
WChaplain Roy H. Parker, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 7th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1949 to 1952.
WChaplain Donald L. Rutherford, USA is an American Army officer and a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese for the Military Services who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army.
WChaplain Patrick James Ryan was an American major general who served as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1954 to 1958.
WFather Francis L. Sampson, USA was a Catholic priest from Archdiocese for the Military Services and an American Army officer who served as the 12th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1967 to 1971. His real-life story of rescuing a young soldier became the inspiration for the film Saving Private Ryan.
WChaplain Donald William Shea, USA was an American Army officer who served as the 19th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1994 to 1999.
WThomas Lynn Solhjem currently serves as the 25th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. Solhjem is the first ordained Assemblies of God minister to attain the position.
WFrank Alden Tobey was an American Army officer who served as the 10th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1958 to 1962.
WChaplain Matthew Augustus Zimmerman, Jr., USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 18th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to hold this position.