Thursday, September 1, 2011

Military Promotion

Fr. Jose Herrera, a priest of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands who is serving full time in the U.S. Army, received his new rank of lieutenant colonel at the army’s Bicentennial Chapel in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, on September 1. Fr. Herrera received news of his promotion on June 21.
Fr. Herrera serves as command chaplain with the army’s Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC) in Redstone Arsenal. He also serves as the garrison pastor for the Catholic community of the installation.
Pictured above, Brig. Gen. Joseph Bass, the commanding officer of the ECC unit, pinned on Fr. Herrera’s silver oak leaves. Fr. Herrera's brother Ted watched alongside.

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