As Rangers Face Isolation and Stress, Army Chaplain Goes to New Lengths to Reach Them
Army Ranger Chaplain Maj. Jon Knoedler walks across a narrow beam 35 feet above Victory Pond at Fort Benning, Georgia, to offer perspective to soldiers wrestling with the uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. During one of his Midweek Minute videos, he compares the height of the beam to the stress that the virus has injected into the lives of troops and their families.
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