Taking care of Airmen ‘deploys’ chaplains to the last frontier

Twenty-four hours a day Airmen can go to a chaplain to tell their deepest secrets in confidence, receive counseling or spiritual care, or be comforted by these non-combatant Airmen who will travel the world to take care of service members and their families.

This is no different for the Airmen who work and live at Clear Air Force Station, deep in America’s last frontier.

Chaplains from Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, travel the icy roads to the remote radar station every other week to aid the Airmen there in completing the mission of providing early warning of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
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