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 Chaplain,
Colonel Richard M. Erikson Chaplain, Colonel Richard M. Erikson is Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Command Chaplain, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). He serves as advisor on religious, ethical concerns, and quality of life issues pertaining to Air Force military and Department of Defense civilians and their family members. He is the liaison to HQ ARPC/HC. He assists the Command Chaplain in establishing priorities, reporting requirements, and implementing the Air Force Chief of Chaplains policies, Air Force Instructions, strategic plan on ministry, and professional programs. He staffs chaplain resource requirements to insure maximum chaplain coverage of AFSOC’s peacetime and wartime requirements to optimize AFSOC mission accomplishment. In his civilian position, Fr. Erikson serves as Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Boston. In this capacity, he is the primary administrator of an Archdiocese comprised of 144 communities and nearly two million Catholics. He is author of Late Have I Loved Thee: Stories of Religious Conversion and Commitment in Later Life (Paulist Press, 1995; St. Paul’s Press, 1998). He is an avid lover of music and has compiled, produced and published liner notes in a dozen compact discs. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 8 June 1985 for the Archdiocese of Boston. He deployed to Balad, Iraq in July-Sept of 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION:
1980 Bachelor of Arts, St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire
1985 Master of Arts in Theology, St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts
1985 Master of Divinity, St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts
1990 Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
1992 Doctorate in Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
1995 Squadron Officers School (residence)
2000 Air Command and Staff College
2001 Academic Instructor School
2004 Air War College
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Jun 1982-May 1986, Chaplain Candidate, K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan and March Air Force Base, California
- May 1986-May 1988, Reserve Chaplain, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
- May 1988-Aug 1992, Reserve Chaplain, March Air Force Base, California
- Aug 1992-Jul 1999, Reserve Chaplain, Hurlburt Field, Florida
- Jul 1999-Jun 2000, Catholic Chaplain, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
- Jun 2000-Sep 2001, Catholic Chaplain, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
- Sep 2001-Jun 2003, Staff Chaplain for Curriculum Development, Chaplain Service Institute, Alabama
- Jul 2003-Sep 2003, Chief, Chaplain Service Resource Division, Chaplain Service Institute, Alabama
- Sep 2003-May 2004, Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of the Chaplain Service, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
- May 2004-June 2006, Staff Chaplain, Plans and Programs, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C
- July 2006-April 2007, IMA to the Chief Personnel, Readiness and Professional Development Division, Office of the Command Chaplain, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- April 2007-July 2007, IMA to the Deputy Command Chaplain, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- July 2007-Present, IMA to the Command Chaplain, AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Florida
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Meritorious Service Medals: 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007
Air Force Commendation Medals: 1995, 2000
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border: 2005
Iraq Campaign Medal: 2005
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal: 2005
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant 10 Jun 1982
First Lieutenant 05 May 1986
Captain 05 May 1990
Major 05 May 1997
Lieutenant Colonel 01 Nov 2002
Colonel 01 April 2007
(Current as of September 2008)
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