US CIVIL DEFENSE CHAPLAIN CORPS

CELEBRATING OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY 1997-2007----ENDORSED AND AFFILIATED WITH : FAITH AND HOPE CHAPLAINS MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC. AS A CONSORTIUM, HHQ - MUNICIPALITY OFFICE FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SAN SEBASTIAN CITY PUERTO RICO, U.S.A. 00685

MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF P.R. CHAPLAINS CORPS

PUERTO RICO DIVISION-51

DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY SERVICES CHAPLAINCY

SPECIALIZED AUXILIARY CORPS

BY PUBLIC LAW # 211 ARTICLE XIII

THE US CIVIL DEFENSE CHAPLAIN CORPS WAS CREATED IN 2002 AFTER THE 911 ATTACK, KATRINA, RITA AND WILMA AFTERMATCH, BY CHAPLAINS WHO WENT TO THE DISASTER AREA, AND WITH THE EXPERTISE FROM THE FEDERAL AND MILITARY CHAPLAINCY, THEY ASSIST AND WORKED AMONG THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, RED CROSS AND FEMA. THIS CORPS WAS INSPIRED BY THE CHAPLAINS TRAINED DURING THE COLD WAR BY THE OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE AND CIVIL AIR PATROL. THE CIVIL DEFENSE HAD DURING WWII, SPECIALTY TRACK CODES WITH SIMILARITIES TO THE MILITARY OCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODES, THEY RANKED AND NAMED THE CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS AS MEDICAL CORPS, ENGINEERS CORPS AND CHAPLAINS CORPS. OUR CHAPLAINS CORPS HAS THE SAME PRINCIPLES OF THOSE CHAPLAINS OF THE PAST.

NOW AT THE PRESENT WE LEARNED AT 911 AND KATRINA HOW THE SAME PRINCIPLE IS IN ACTION AND USEFULL FOR THE GOVERMENT AND AGENCIES IN TIMES OF DISASTER AND WAR, ASSISTING PEOPLE IN MANY AREAS AND TRAVELING AROUND THE WORD AS IN INDONESIA, AFRICA, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

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LEGAL AUTHORITY:

CREATED IN PUERTO RICO IN 2002 AND ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER 2006 AND INCORPORATED IN 2007.

ENDORSED BY FAITH AND HOPE CHAPLAINS MINISTRIES INC. WITH REG # 30,388-SF.

WORK UNDER COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO PUBLIC LAW # 261 VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

PUBLIC LAW # 211 ARTICLE XIII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER # 2003OE23[1] AND # 2006OE02[1] COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO INTERFAITH CHAPLAINS CORPS, AS RECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE # HSPD-8

AND OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE IN SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERMENT.

APPOINTED BY THE OFFICE FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN SEBASTIAN, PUERTO RICO

AS SPECIALIZED AUXILIARY CORPS

CIVIL DEFENSE CHRISTIAN CHAPLAIN

SPECIALTY TRACK CODE LOGO FOR CHAPLAINS

WE ADOPTED THE OFFICIAL CHAPLAINS CORPS LOGO USED BY WWII AUXILIARY CHAPLAINS IN THEIR UNIFORMS, SIMILAR LOGO IS USED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL CHAPLAINS, OUR HAS ONLY THE CROSS AND THE CORPS NAME, CIVIL AIR PATROL HAS THE AIRPLANE PROPELER.

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

UNITED WE STAND

ORGANIZATION CREATED SINCE 2002