Army’s chaplain school at Fort Jackson changing leadership

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Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jeffrey Hawkins, Combined Joint Task Force – 101, presents a reflection on why we remember Sept. 11, 2001, during the Bagram Community 9-11 Remembrance Service at Bagram Airfield. Military members and Department of Defense Civilians gathered for a brief but powerful service on the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks which killed over 3,000 peolpe in New York City, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pa. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade)

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — A new officer is in charge of the Army chaplain school at Fort Jackson.

The outgoing commandant of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School, Col. Peter Sniffin, is officially handing over the responsibility to Col. Jeffrey Hawkins on Friday.

The center’s spokeswoman says the Army Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Paul Hurley will host the ceremony. Those attending will include Fort Jackson’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Pete Johnson.

Sniffin has been the center’s commandant since August 2015. He was previously deputy commandant. He is leaving to be chaplain at the Army War College in Pennsylvania, his alma mater.

Hawkins comes to Fort Jackson from Army Central Command at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter.

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