Gorelik, 44, is the first Jewish chaplain in Colorado’s Army National Guard in at least 20 years and, possibly, the first ever, said Lt. Col. David Nagel, who oversees the program.

As a chaplain now wearing his Army combat uniform in his community, he's been going out to checkpoints and talking to Soldiers and Airmen assigned to Colorado National Guard's Task Force-Security ...

Fort Collins rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik was sworn into the Colorado Army National Guard last week as the group’s first-ever Jewish chaplain during a ceremony attended by Gov. Jared Polis and others.

Gorelik will be the first Jewish chaplain in Colorado’s Army National Guard in at least 20 years, Lt. Col. David Nagel, who oversees the program, ...

This year, Chaplain Andy Meverden will deliver the keynote speech. Meverden spent his career as a missionary pastor and eventually senior chaplain for the Colorado National Guard.

ARLINGTON, Va. -Chaplains in the Army National Guard have been providing spiritual guidance and counseling to Soldiers since before the birth of the country, either at home or abroad.

The Army National Guard has 310 chaplain vacancies. That is 40 percent of its authorized level, but so far the Guard has not been forced to deploy units without a chaplain, Dolinger said.

A Chabad rabbi was sworn in as a chaplain in the Colorado Army National Guard.. Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, the Chabad director at Colorado State University and a faculty member at the university ...