It was an honor to lead your funeral in Evergreen, CO, Colonel Miller, MD.

It was honor to pray at the 704th Brigade Support Battalion Change of Command at Fort Carson, CO.

I was pleasantly surprised seeing my former Battalion being remembered in the 

2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team building at Ft. Carson, CO.

It's nice to have my own parking spot for awhile. :)

I'm thankful to have been in the Army for 17 years in March.

"For thus says the LORD: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle and spread out his wings ... Moab." Jeremiah 48: 40

Chaplain (Major) Satterfield was welcomed by the 486 Civil Affairs Army Reserves 

in Tulsa, OK. He has a new HMMWV, too! :)

SSG Jill Schumann, it was an honor to speak at your Memorial today. Thanks for serving.

Chaplain Satterfield (right) was with his Army Chaplain candidate, Highway Patrol chaplain and / Navy / Coast Guard chaplain friends at the National Vineyard conference in Anaheim, CA, July 2017. https://vineyardusa.org/library/vineyard-military-chaplains-serving-jesus-in-the-military/

16 years ago today Chaplain (Major) Satterfield joined the Army. Thank you Lord, for 11 years of Active Duty, 5 years in the Guard / Reserves, and for surviving a year in Afghanistan, a year in Kuwait and 4 months in Iraq!

Chaplain Satterfield led The Lord's Supper for some deploying from Ft. Bliss, TX.

Chaplain Satterfield had lunch with some of his Soldiers.

Chaplain Satterfield and his Dad at the 2016 169th Field

Artillery Brigade CO Army National Guard ball.

His former General boss and his current Colonel

one photobombed them. :)

Chaplain Satterfield and his Dad at the 2016 169th Field

Artillery Brigade CO Army National Guard ball.

Chaplain Satterfield prayed at the OCS graduation.

It was an honor to pray twice at this Officer Candidate School graduation on Ft. Carson, CO. A 2 star and a 1 star General were there. That's me on the far right.

Chaplain Satterfield, 169th Field Artillery Brigade, CO Army National Guard, prayed at Ft. Logan, CO on Memorial Day, 2016, for the www.honorbell.org dedication.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/05/30/honor-bell-fort-logan-national-cemetery/
is the news clip about it. I'm glad I wore my bulletproof sunglasses. Safety first. :)

Chaplain (Major) Satterfield was able to pray at the dedication of 

www.honorbell.org at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO on Memorial Day.

Chaplain Satterfield (3rd from the right) with his Staff Group Bravo classmates (there were 4 groups total) at the pre-Lieutenant Colonel course at Ft. Lee, VA.

Chaplain Satterfield is TRYING to understand the pre-Lieutenant Colonel course at Ft.Lee, VA. His LTC teacher made the sketch.

Chaplain (Major) Satterfield (right) had a reunion with Chaplain  (Captain ) Roby in Virginia, Beach, VA. SGT Roby used to go to the chapel CH Satterfield pastored in Darmstadt, Germany. Now CH Roby is the senior pastor of a church.

Chaplain Satterfield was able to introduce someone in the FBI to his 62 classmates and the faculty in a State Department conference room in DC last week.

CH (MAJ) Satterfield is in the back (3rd from the right). It was great seeing CH (LTC) Petros from our Afghanistan deployment 5 years ago and reuniting with CH (MAJ) Glenn Palmer from Ft. Carson!

Chaplain Steve Satterfield preached and played the piano at the Camp Atterbury, IN chapel.

Chaplain Satterfield (middle) prayed at the 169th Field Artillery Brigade Change of Command for BG Willis.

SSG Chestney, it was an honor to do your Memorial. Thanks for serving. May God comfort your Family and friends.

Chaplain Satterfield (right) prayed at this Warrant Officer pinning ceremony with The Adjutant General of CO (center).

Chaplain Steve Satterfield (right) with his Navy chaplain friend at the Global Vineyard conference in Columbus, OH, where they were able to have their first official chaplain table.

Chaplain Steve Satterfield and his assistant were at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, CO. 10th Special Forces Group from Fort Carson trained them, which was a first in his 14 year career. A retired Colonel visited our Highly Mobile Artillery Rocket System (below). Boys and their toys . . .

SGT Sean Dolan, it was an honor to do your Memorial Ceremony. Thanks for serving. May God comfort your Family and friends.

Thanks, Dr. Joseph, for speaking to about 75 guys at work. Great job, and I'm glad you're back!

www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dr-dilip-josephs-journey-kidnapped-by-the-taliban/

CH Satterfield did an invocation and benediction at the Best Warrior Competition at the Regional Training Institute, one of 2 new facilities for the CO Guard on Ft. Carson that cost $100M+.

SGT Keenan, it was an honor to lead your Memorial on Sunday. Thanks for serving. RIP.

Evans Army Community Hospital Command Sergeant Major Rost and Chaplain (Major) Foster (Department Chief) thanked Chaplain Satterfield for his year and a half working there at his farewell party yesterday. He received the Commander's coin for which he's thankful. In September 2014, Chaplain (Major) Satterfield led a Strong Bonds conference at Officers' Christian Fellowship, Spring Canyon, Buena Vista, CO.

Chaplain Steve Satterfield co-led worship for the National Association of Evangelicals' Chaplains' Commission Conference.

Chaplain Steve Satterfield played the keys at the National Association of Evangelicals' Chaplains' Commission conference.

Chaplain Satterfield co-led a Marriage Conference at the Penrose House in CO Springs, CO.

Chaplain Satterfield co-led a Marriage Conference at the Penrose House in CO Springs, CO.

Chaplain Satterfield did a wedding of two Lieutenants at Provider Chapel at Ft. Carson, CO.

Chaplain (Major) Steve Satterfield graduated from the Family Life Chaplain Integration Course at Fort Bragg, NC in June, 2014.

Chaplain (Major) Steve Satterfield graduated from the Family Life Chaplain Integration Course at Fort Bragg, NC in June, 2014.

It was an honor to do confirmation of the kids of a couple I respect.

Chaplain Satterfield speaking at Vacations for (Wounded) Warriors at a VFW in Denver.

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Post-Traumatic-Stress-Homefront-Struggles/dp/1611323665/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404947478&sr=8-1&keywords=beyond+post-traumatic+stress I met Dr. Hautzinger years ago as she was researching this and I went to her book release party. As a former member of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team it is interesting looking back at our history and seeing an assessment of it. I appreciate her putting in writing our history so many can learn from it. Here is a review I wrote about her book: Beyond Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) was published this year by Left Coast Press, Inc. It was written by Sarah Hautzinger (Ph.D, Johns Hopkins), Associate Professor of Anthropology at Colorado College. It is about how Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have affected Fort Carson, which is about 8% of the Colorado Springs, CO population (p. 275). Part One is about Warriors Coming Home. A positive outlook is instead of PTS, we have Post-Traumatic Growth. "War is the most adverse environment you will ever encounter, but you can come back stronger and wiser." (p. 37) "This is the "opportunity" side of crisis. Trauma and imminent death can lead people to see life in new and positive ways. Many returning Soldiers have reported being changed in good ways - appreciating the simple things in life, spending time with Family, confident to respond bravely under pressure, etc. Look for this and amplify it in the Soldier's life." A Unit Chaplain's Response to Trauma and Combat Stress by Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) David Mickelson, Number 21. In 2009 the EPICON (epidemiological) report was released. "One portion of the study analyzed the 14 soldiers arrested for murder, attempted murder, or manslaughter . . . (The study) did not reveal any one single cause, but rather a comprehensive list of individual, predisposing factors such as criminal behaviors, drug and / or alcohol abuse, prior behavioral health issues, and barriers to seeking behavioral health care." (p. 82) This report can be found at [...] "The 4th Brigade (about 3000 Soldiers, there are 5 brigades on Ft. Carson) as a whole lost 45 of the 49 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan by the time they returned to Fort Carson in June of 2010". (p. 93) It has been called "The Murder Brigade" (p. 238) because of the paragraph above. I had the honor of being one of the chaplains in that Brigade then. I lost a Soldier and an Airmen I worked with on this year-long deployment. We had to lean on God, our Families and one another to survive. The following are concerning statistics from page 203. The CO Airmen tend not to cause problems. They tend to be better educated and self-controlled. "The county could boast methamphetamine use at a rate 40 - 50 percent higher than other large counties in Colorado." (Even though drugs are illegal, some Soldiers still do them.) "During 2009 El Paso County received the most child abuse and neglect referrals of any Colorado county." (There is a weekly Case Review Committee to try to solve this problem.) "The veterans' suicide rate was . . . more than double the rate of the general population in El Paso County." (Every Army unit must do yearly suicide prevention, sometimes chaplain led.) Part Two is about War's Labyrinth, how challenging war can be, like a complicated maze. One PTS solution is to use free resources, such as [...] (p. 175). This is a retreat center in Buena Vista, CO that is dedicated to helping our Wounded Warriors heal. Another solution is on page 187. The former Evans Army Community Hospital Commander "Colonel John McGrath attributes the rise in soldiers seeking care to placing or "embedding" behavioral health teams in combat brigade facilities". This book is a good summary of what happened at Fort Carson then. It was personally healing to read and write about it four years later as I learned more about the history of Fort Carson and the effects of our Soldiers deploying and redeploying. Dr. Hautzinger's review is accurate and fair and helps us learn how we can help those who are hurting because of war. Steve Satterfield is a Doctor of Ministry candidate in Marriage and Family Counseling at Denver Seminary. He has been a US Army Chaplain for 13 years.

Pain Killers

The "Jammin' Chaplain" was in The Pain Killers hospital band at Ft. Carson, CO for our Organizational Day.

Thoughts for a class on healing from war: Numbers 31: 19 "And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. 20 "You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats' hair, and all articles o...f wood." John Wesley (the founder of the Methodist church) wrote this was regarding "All which had contracted some ceremonial uncleanness either from the dead bodies which wore them, or the tents or houses where they were, in which such dead bodies lay, or from the touch of the Israelitish soldiers, who were legally defiled by the slaughters they made." (www.biblemaster.com) "During the High Holidays, Judaism teaches that prayer, repentance, and acts of righteousness and charity can gain us forgiveness. The key concept of repentance is Teshuvah, which means "return". Like Jonah, we have fled . . . like Job felt banished from God's presence." War and the Soul by Edward Tick, PhD, p. 209. The US Army doesn't formally do a week long "redeployment retreat" or "purification ritual", just mandatory training. I wonder if we should. I realize we're in a time of financial cutbacks.