Army CH (COL) Kenneth Brandt, National Guard Bureau

Army CH (COL) Kenneth Brandt, National Guard Bureau Staff Chaplain (left), CH (Lt. Col.) Steven King, NCNG Fulltime Support Chaplain (middle), CH (COL) Benjamin Hodge, North Carolina National Guard Senior Command Chaplain (right), take a photo after King’s retirement ceremony at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. May 18, 2015. King has supported numerous Soldiers, Airmen and families across the entire state. He has served as a chaplain now for over 14 years (12 in the NCARNG and 2 in the KYARNG), four years previously as a Chaplain Candidate in the KYARNG, and eleven years enlisted, where he rose to the rank of Staff Sgt. as a Chaplain Assistant, for over twenty nine years of total military service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Leticia Samuels, Public Affairs / Released)