Latter-day Saint women could obtain endorsements to serve as chaplains in hospitals, education, hospice care and prisons — but not, it turned out, the military. “I wanted to know why,” Jenna Carson said, “and I didn’t receive a clear answer.”
Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that her future rested elsewhere.
Six months later, Carson received news the Air Force had approved her application. General authority Seventyset her apart the next month. Her uncle, Greg Carson, a retired Air Force officer, administered the military oath of office that same day. “He was giving a speech at Utah County’s National Day of Prayer celebration, and I was on the committee planning it,” she said. The two hopped on a call to discuss the event. “At the end of our conversation I told him, ‘I don’t know if you know this, but I am a Latter-day Saint.’”A growing group of ‘firsts’
This growth is reflected in Harris’ own changing title. Just this week she became the team lead of the church’s Chaplain Services, responsible for overseeing the application and endorsement process. This follows an assignment given a few weeks ago as chair of the brand-new Chaplain Advisory Committee, dedicated to mentoring, advocating for and training Latter-day Saint chaplains., the first woman to enroll as a graduate military chaplaincy student at church-owned Brigham Young University.
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