Robert Young:  

After graduation from MHS, I majored in political science at the University of Oregon from 1968. During that time I was also an Army ROTC cadet and was designated a 1972 Distinguished Military Graduate. I subsequently attended the Army Infantry Officers' Basic Course and Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia. My first permanent duty assignment was as a Training Officer and later as a Rifle Marksmanship Instructor at Fort Jackson, South Carolina (1972-1974). During this time I converted to the Anglican Church and was baptized and confirmed in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. In 1976 I was assigned as Executive Officer of A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Hovey, Korea. This was important to me as my uncle John was killed at Heartbreak Ridge during the Korean War with B Company of the same battalion. I returned to the US in 1976 and was assigned to the First Brigade, 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington. I left the regular Army in order to fulfill a requirement of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon to spend a year as a civilian before attending seminary, but joined the Army Reserve and served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 104th Reserve Division at Vancouver Barracks, WA. I entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas in 1977 and graduated in 1980 with a Masters in Sacred Theology. During my seminary years I met and married Elizabeth (Liz) Bilodeau and we have a daughter, Andrea. I was ordained a Deacon and served as a Intern Chaplain at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland until ordination to the Priesthood in 1981. As a priest I served at St. Bartholomew's, Beaverton while simultaneously starting the mission (now parish) congregation of St. Gabriel the Archangel in Portland. .I also joined the Navy Chaplain Corps during this period. In 1986 I became the Interim Rector of St. Luke's, Grants Pass until I was called to become the Rector of St. Clement's, Tampa in the Diocese of Southwest Florida. I served there for 10 years until called to be the Rector of St. Andrew's, Grand Prairie, Texas. In the Navy Reserve I had a variety of assignments with Marine Corps and Coast Guard, as well as Navy units, including Commanding Officer, Marine Expeditionary Forces REL 108 (Los Angeles, CA). This enabled me to travel to Korea again (3 times), to Bahrain, the Arabian Gulf, and the Gulf States (4 times), Hawaii (3 times), the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States for various summer two-week stints. For example, I was on active duty in 1999 filling in for the US Central Command Chaplain when terrorists bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and was responsible for coordinating the crucial initial chaplain support to the embassy staff, utilizing military personnel from all the US Armed Services in the Middle East during the crisis. Later, I was on active duty at Camp Smith, Hawaii as the Assistant Fo...Expand for more