When I was a Company Commander in the 101st after my wife and baby were killed in a car accident my Chaplain probably saved my sanity. We were mobilized for a month just 10 days after they died. Every day he checked on me and let me talk or cry. Let me work through it all.
https://twitter.com/armyofnaveed/status/1353881783377551363
I don’t remember praying with him or him trying to convert me to his faith. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember what his faith was. He was just my counselor and supporter. He didn’t judge me or things I did to deal with her loss even as I did really stupid stuff. He was a rock.
I would never trust this man as a confidant or with my soldiers. Chaplain Calvert is obviously a bigot and a judgemental jerk. He’s not there to help soldiers. He’s there to convert them. To point out their sins. To undermine their self worth with his homophobia and transphobia.
This is unacceptable and the fact he is so comfortable expressing it means he knows he won’t pay a professional price is an indictment of the Army today. This kind of leadership has no place in today’s Army. I hope they actually do something but if past is prologue. They won’t.
I don't tell this story for me. The point is that a good Chaplain can be a huge part of a quality military unit. A bad one can be a massive morale destroyer. If this officer is comfortable saying all of this on the Military Times FB page it says just who he is. Its bad.
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