George C. Allen II is a former brigadier general in the Delaware Air National Guard and

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Assistant to the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.

Career

Allen originally joined the United States Coast Guard in 1972 and was later stationed at

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. He joined the Delaware Air National Guard in 1979 and was assigned to the

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. Later, he would serve in the Gulf War. In 1996, Allen became Air National Guard assistant to the Command Chaplain of

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. He was named Air National Guard assistant to the Chief of Chaplains in 1999. As a civilian, Allen was a reporter for The Intelligencer in Wheeling, West Virginia, and stringer for the Associated Press before becoming associate editor of Forward Movement, an official agency of The Episcopal Church, and a priest associate at Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati, Ohio. Awards he received during his military career include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the

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, the

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, the National Defense Service Medal, the

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, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon.

Education

* West Liberty University * Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass. * Air War College

References

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