[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WELCOMING THE GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I rise this morning to recognize the 
Reverend Elliot Foss, who is our guest Chaplain this morning. Reverend 
Foss is quite a unique individual. He is currently the national 
chaplain of the American Legion. He was appointed by Commander Martin 
Conaster on August 30, 2007, to that position.
  Reverend Foss is a retired U.S. Navy command master chief and 
hospital corpsman, having served in the Submarine Service. He served in 
the Navy during Vietnam and through the Persian Gulf war.
  He attended Candler Seminary and School of Ministry at Emory 
University in Atlanta, GA. He served as a pastor in the States of 
Maine, Virginia, Connecticut, Florida, and Georgia.
  He currently resides in Kingsland, GA, with his wife Arlene. He is an 
ordained Southern Baptist minister. He is a member of American Legion 
Post 317 in the coastal area of Georgia, where he serves as post 
commander. He also has served as the Eighth District vice commander and 
as Post 9 commander in Brunswick, GA. He has served as the American 
Legion Department of Georgia chaplain for the past 7 years.
  I think in this difficult time our country is faced with right now, 
where we all are very cognizant of the fact that we have a number of 
men and women in harm's way as well as a number of veterans who have 
served our country so valiantly in the past, it is very appropriate 
that we have the current chaplain of the American Legion in this great 
country of ours to stand before us and ask for blessings upon all 
Members of this body as well as the other leadership from a civilian 
standpoint as well as a military standpoint.
  Reverend Foss is a terrific individual. I happened to be with him 
last week in Kings Bay, GA, which is the home of a submarine fleet. We 
had the USS Georgia, which is a converted nuclear submarine, return to 
Kings Bay, where it is going to be stationed now. We had a very great 
ceremony on Friday of last week at Kings Bay, and Reverend Foss was 
very much involved in the planning for that ceremony.
  So I say to him, thanks for coming and for extending that great 
blessing to us, and congratulations on serving as the national chaplain 
of the American Legion.
  With that, Mr. President, I yield back.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Missouri.

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