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News | May 26, 2016

Spiritual and Emotional Care in Disasters Summit

By Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh/Released N-NC Chaplain Office

Mr. James Parlier, retired U.S. Navy command master chief, speaks to one of



his slides during his keynote speech at the annual Spiritual and Emotional



Care in Disasters Summit May 24, 2016, at the Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado



Springs, CO.  Parlier was the command master chief assigned to the



guided-missile destroyer U.S.S Cole (DDG-67) on Oct. 12, 2000, when it was



subjected to a terrorist attack while in port in Yemen. His emotional



presentation focused on the terrorist attack that killed 17 Sailors, the



response during and after, and lessons learned.  The annual summit is hosted



by the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command



Chaplain Office.