FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) From serving with the Navy off the coast of Vietnam in 1969 to counseling soldiers as an Amy chaplain in Iraq, Col. Edwin Ahl has seen a lot in his military career.
Now he’s retiring from active duty as garrison chaplain at Fort Riley and planning a new way of life in North Carolina maybe teaching, playing some golf and going to church on Sundays. He’ll be honored Thursday at the northeast Kansas post.
Ahl left the Navy in 1972 and earned a bachelor’s degree in geography, then joined the National Guard. During a night of prayer, he says, God called him to become an Army chaplain. He earned a master’s degree in divinity and returned to active duty in the Army in 1988.
