Chaplain Receives Presidential Award

May 14, 2024175 views0

Chaplain Receives Presidential Award

2024-05-14T09:54:59+01:00

By Church News

The U.S. President’s Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Don Biadog Jr., a retired Navy chaplain, at the historic Officer’s Club at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.The award was presented by Major General Michael J. Borgschulte, commanding general of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Weingart, executive officer of headquarters and headquarters squadron at MCAS Miramar.Award requirements include 4,000 documented hours in voluntarism over the recipient’s lifetime. Biadog racked up 13,000 hours between 1990 and 2023.“Chaplain Don has a passion to serve,” retired U.S. Army Chaplain Major James F. Linzey, chief of chaplains for the U.S. National Defense Corps, told The San Diego Union-Tribune.“He’s following the example of Jesus Who said in Matthew 5:16, ‘Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.’”Biadog has volunteer accomplishments spanning multiple nations and types of assistance when he was stationed in Okinawa during three tours of duty from 1997–2000 and 2003–07.Biadog led Marines and sailors in multiple community relations projects on weekends in Okinawa, and on the mainland of Japan and in South Korea. He led them in collecting and sharing humanitarian supplies with schools, orphanages, homes of the elderly and infirm, and campsites.Also Read: The Convergence – Apostle Edu Udechukwu