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furnerTapes3.jpgInstitute for Religious Leadership Deputy Director and Deputy Commandant, Chaplain (Col.) Emmitt Furner stands in front of his wall of nametapes he has collected from Soldiers over his many military assignments.

Chaplain remembers teammates, one nametape at a time

 By Mel Slater, Institute for Religious Leadership

Soldiers and Families travel the world, meeting and saying goodbye to many others as they go.

Chaplain (Col.) Emmitt Furner, Institute for Religious Leadership deputy director, has found a novel way to remember people he’s encountered with over the years - he collects military nametapes.

“It all started with one nametape that left in my office by a Soldier who had left his nametape because he was redeploying from Afghanistan and he stopped by to see me. I wasn’t there, so he left his nametape attached (on the) wall where we lived,” Furner said. “My chaplain assistant, now known as religious affairs specialist, thought it was a good idea to encourage other Soldiers to leave their nametapes before they redeploy so I could remember them and pray for them.”

The names on his wall are a constant reminder of those Soldiers.

“Every day I have to walk in and see what I refer to as the pacing item for a chaplain which is the people,” Furner said. “Each one of those names represent a story and a life that I was invited into, a sacred experience and privilege to know people and serve with them in the Army.”

It’s interesting that his own nametape is present on the wall.

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