Chaplain, Brig. Gen. George C. Allen II is the Air National Guard assistant to the chief of chaplain service, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He serves as the primary liaison between the Air National Guard chaplain service and the USAF chaplain service. He assists the chief, USAF chaplain service and the chief, ANG chaplain service in maintaining a seamless, total force chaplaincy. He assists in directing and maintaining a trained, equipped, and professional reserve component chaplain service. The Air National Guard Chaplain Service performs federal and state missions and includes more than 550 chaplains and enlisted support personnel. As a member of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, he and other members serve as advisers to the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs on religion, ethical and quality-of-life concerns. Father Allen deployed as chaplain with unit and joint service missions to 14 countries between 1979 and 1995.
1972 Bachelor of arts degree in English literature, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, W.Va.
1977 Master's of divinity degree, The Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass.
1998 Air War College, by correspondence
1. August 1972 ' October 1972, Initial active duty for training, U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, Alameda, Calif.
2. October 1972 ' January 1973, U.S.C.G. Yeoman School, Governor's Island, N.Y.
3. February 1973 ' August 1974, U.S.C.G. Station, USN & Marine Corps Training Center, Wheeling, W.Va.
4. September 1974 ' June 1977, U.S.C.G. Station Boston (Vessels), Boston, Mass.
5. June 1979 ' December 1995, chaplain, 166 Airlift Wing, New Castle, Del.
6. January 1996 ' December 1998, ANG assistant to the command chaplain, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
7. January 1999 ' present, ANG assistant to the chief of chaplain services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with one silver oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with one device
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hourglass
Air Force Training Ribbon
State of Delaware Medal for Military Merit
State of Delaware National Defense Service Ribbon
Assistant Editor of Forward Movement Publications, an official publishing agency of the Episcopal Church, and a priest associate at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio
Newspaper reporter for The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV, and a stringer for the Associated Press 1972.
Taught English literature at the high school level 1973-74.
Following ordination to the diaconate in 1977 and to the priesthood in 1978, he served as a parish priest in West Virginia and New Jersey.
First Lieutenant Jun 21, 1979
Captain Jun 30,1981
Major Jul 24, 1985
Lieutenant Colonel Jun 30,1989
Colonel Jun 8, 1996
Brigadier General Jun 30, 1999
(Current as of April 2000)
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