United States Air Force personnel of the Gulf War
Brig. Gen. George Allen
George C. Allen II is a former brigadier general in the Delaware Air National Guard and Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force .[ 1]
Career
Allen originally joined the United States Coast Guard in 1972 and was later stationed at Coast Guard Station Boston .[ 2] He joined the Delaware Air National Guard in 1979 and was assigned to the 166th Airlift Wing . Later, he would serve in the Gulf War .
In 1996, Allen became Air National Guard assistant to the Command Chaplain of Air Combat Command . He was named Air National Guard assistant to the Chief of Chaplains in 1999.
As a civilian, Allen was a reporter for The Intelligencer in Wheeling, West Virginia , and stringer for the Associated Press before becoming associate editor of Forward Movement, an official agency of The Episcopal Church, and a priest associate at Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati, Ohio .
Awards he received during his military career include the Meritorious Service Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Air Force Achievement Medal , the Air Force Longevity Service Award , the National Defense Service Medal , the Southwest Asia Service Medal , the Armed Forces Reserve Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon .
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