New chaplain arrives at wing

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. --  Chaplain, Major Joshua Kim is currently a traditional reservist (Cat A) assigned as the Wing Chaplain to the 459th Air Reserve Wing, here.

Prior to his Reserve commission, Kim was assigned at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. from 2004-2008 as a Protestant Chaplain. His first tour as a reserve Chaplain was at the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel supporting the Basic Cadet Training from 2009-2012. Following his assignment at USAFA, he served at the 11th Wing Chapel, Joint Base Andrews, Md. He was deployed to SouthWest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom in 2005.

Chaplain Kim also served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman from 1991-1995. As a Hospital Corpsman, Chaplain Kim worked at Naval Hospital Portsmouth and was a medic to a Marine infantry unit.

"The Air Force Chaplain Corps provides spiritual care and the opportunity for Airmen, their families, and other authorized personnel to exercise their constitutional right to the free exercise of religion, " said Kim. "This is accomplished through religious observances, providing pastoral care, confidential counseling and advising leadership on spiritual, ethical, moral, morale, core values, and religious accommodation issues."