{"id":9396,"date":"2022-09-18T04:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2022-09-18T09:11:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T02:11:42","slug":"navy-flies-buddhist-flag-aboard-ship-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/navy-flies-buddhist-flag-aboard-ship-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy flies Buddhist flag aboard ship for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jonathan Lehrfeld<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The guided-missile destroyer McFaul displays the Buddhist religious service pennant for the first time. (MC3 Kerri Kline\/Navy)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Navy flies Buddhist flag aboard ship for first time<\/span><\/p>\n

A Buddhist pennant appeared on a Navy ship earlier this week for the first time in the sea service\u2019s history, the Navy announced.<\/span>
\nThe blue and white flag became one of the four official Navy religious pennants after U.S. Fleet Forces Command chaplain Capt. Brian Stamm put the banner into service in August.<\/span>
\nThe flag, which consists of a blue wheel of dharma symbol \u2014 or, Dharmachakra \u2014 against a white backdrop, first flew on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer McFaul on Sept. 11 in observance of a Buddhist Dharma service held aboard the vessel. Navy regulations stipulate that religious flags be flown above the ensign during services.<\/span>
\n\u201cI want to share this special moment with my sailors and fellow Buddhist practitioners,\u201d said Navy Chaplain Lt. Saejeong Kim, who led the service and is the only active-duty Buddhist chaplain in the service.<\/span>
\n\u201cWhile Buddhist representation in the U.S. military is not large, as a Buddhist chaplain in the fleet, I have been uniquely positioned to appeal to a broad cultural and faith spectrum in the growing number of sailors who identify as \u2018spiritual but not religious.\u2019\u201d<\/span>
\nBorn in Chicago and raised in South Korea, Kim was ordained as a Won Buddhist priest in 2006, according to the release. She was commissioned as a Navy chaplain in 2017 and currently serves with Destroyer Squadron 2.<\/span>
\n\u201cMcFaul is proud to fly the Buddhist pennant for the first time in the Navy as Chaplain Kim leads divine services at sea,\u201d said Cmdr. Antonia Shey, McFaul\u2019s commanding officer.<\/span>
\n\u201cWhile flying this pennant is a historic first today, Kim has faithfully provided exceptional care and religious guidance to sailors for many years. The support Kim provides my sailors is extraordinary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About Jonathan Lehrfeld\u00a0<\/span>
\nJonathan is a staff writer and editor of the Early Bird Brief newsletter for Military Times. Follow him on Twitter @lehrfeld_media<\/span><\/p>\n

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