Chaplain Spiritual Leadership Course helps build tomorrow's spiritual leaders today
U.S. Air Force Maj. Thomas Simmons, staff chaplain and course director for the Chaplain Spiritual Leadership Course, led a group of company grade officers in the Chaplain Corps to grow together and become better tactical leaders for their home units in Montgomery on April 9.
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