Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel

Edward T. Brogan

Chaplain, Colonel, USAF (REt.)

Phone: (202) 244-4177

Fax: (202) 237-0983

Cell: (703) 395-1820

E-mail: EdBrogan@pccmp.org

Chaplain Ed Brogan is the Director of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel, which is located in Washington, D.C. The Council recruits, interviews, and endorses clergy from four Presbyterian denominations for active and reserve duty in the Armed Forces, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Civil Air Patrol. The denominations are the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and the Presbyterian church (USA).

A Pennsylvania native, Chaplain Brogan earned a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts and a Doctor of Ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary. His B.S. degree is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts.

He was ordained by Boston Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1974 and served the yoked East Guilford and Unadilla Presbyterian Churches in the Susquehanna Valley Presbytery of Upstate New York. After 24 years in the Air Force chaplaincy, he assumed his present position. He is a clergy member of the National Capital Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

He was commissioned an Air Force chaplain and entered active duty in September, 1977, at Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC. During his active career he served as Protestant Chaplain, Senior Protestant Chaplain, Senior Chaplain and as Deputy Command Chaplain. His assignments ranged widely from fighter and bomber bases to military schools to headquarters and joint positions.

1977 - 1980 Protestant Chaplain, Seymour Johnson AFB (TAC), NC.

1980 - 1983 Protestant Chaplain, RAF Bentwaters (USAFE), United Kingdom

1983 - 1985 Senior Protestant Chaplain, K. I. Sawyer AFB (SAC), MI.

1985 - 1986 Senior Protestant Chaplain, Kunsan Air Base (PACAF), Korea

1986 - 1987 Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB (AU), AL.

1987 - 1990 Senior Protestant Chaplain, Hanscom AFB (AFSC), MA.

1990 - 1993 Permanent Party Chapel Branch Chief, Lackland AFB (ATC), TX.

1993 - 1996 Center and Wing Chaplain, Goodfellow AFB (AETC), TX.

1996 - 1998 Deputy Command Chaplain, US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany

1998 - 2001 Senior Chaplain, Arlington National Cemetery, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC.

Chaplain Brogan is a graduate of the Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and the Air War College. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters (OLC), Joint Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal (4 OLC), and the Southwest Asia Service Medal. He retired from the Air Force in 2001 from Bolling AFB to work for Presbyterian churches as their endorsing agent. Chaplain Brogan is a member of the Military Chaplains Association the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces, and of the Ecumenical Conference on Veterans Affairs Chaplaincy. He is the national treasurer for the Military Chaplains Association.

Chaplain Brogan enjoys a long marriage with his wife Sandy and lives in Reston, Virginia. They have two grown sons, Michael and Peter.

(June 2005)