Retirement in Honor of Chaplain (MG) Thomas L. Solhjem

Enhance and support the State's and Territories' capability to develop Army National Guard leader's knowledge, skills, competencies, attributes, and behaviors to produce agile and adaptive leaders at echelon, who are able to operate and succeed in complex and dynamic environments. By Creating and providing leader development resources, opportunities, and content in the experiential and self-development realms of professional development, which deliver broadening experience or increased technical and conceptual competency in order to enable Leader Development across the 54 States and Territories.

Page Navigation

Holistic Health & Fitness

H2F is a capabilities-based, task and environment focused, Human Performance Optimization (HPO) program. HQDA EXORD 149-19 directs the Total Army to implement the H2F System. For the Active Component (AC), H2F provides Soldiers direct access to specialized medical and mental health care providers, athletic trainers, and strength coaches at the brigade level. The ARNG model will not mirror the AC model, while still accomplishing the desired end state of improving physical fitness, injury avoidance and recovery, nutritional health, and mental/spiritual resilience.

The ARNG achieves H2F Systems goals of improving Soldier readiness and lethality, optimizing physical/non-physical performance, reducing injury rates, improving rehabilitation after injury, and increasing overall effectiveness through a Directorate enabled and State/Territory led approach which accounts for ARNG unique requirements, opportunities, constraints. The ARNG will accomplish this through a blend of material solutions, subject matter expertise, federal and state resources, and health care professionals.

Workout Video Playlist

Video by Cpl. Rhianna Ballenger, Stephen Bates, Spc. Semaj Johnson, Sgt. Zachary Myers, Sgt. Jessica Rutledge

Retirement in Honor of Chaplain (MG) Thomas L. Solhjem

Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington

June 20, 2023 | 01:23:40

Chaplain (Major General) Thomas L. Solhjem was recognized for his 48 years of service in the United States Army and United States Army Reserves during a General Officer retirement ceremony conducted by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" ceremonial units of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (MDW) held at Conmy Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia, June 31, 2023. Chaplain (Major General) Thomas L. Solhjem became the United States Army's 25th Chief of Chaplains on June 20, 2019. He is ordained as a minister and endorsed as an Army chaplain by the General Council of the Assemblies of God; and he has served in multiple key assignments and on multiple deployments, supporting a wide array of Army units and soldiers. As the Chief of Chaplains, Chaplain Solhjem leads the Army Chaplain Corps in providing religious support to the soldiers, families, and civilians of the U.S. Army. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1974. After completing his initial active duty assignment at Bamberg, Germany, he continued his military service in the Army Reserve at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He served as a pastor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for six years. In 1988, he was commissioned as a chaplain in the United States Army and reentered active duty.

Tags

Up Next