{"id":36806,"date":"2017-09-29T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/29\/navy-chaplain-retires-50-years-after-enlisting\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:55:01","slug":"navy-chaplain-retires-50-years-after-enlisting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/newsletters\/good-news-report\/2017\/09\/29\/navy-chaplain-retires-50-years-after-enlisting\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy chaplain retires 50 years after enlisting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Cmdr. William Dorwart, who most recently served as a Roman Catholic priest aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, retired Sept. 22, a full 50 years after he first enlisted, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/military\/sd-me-navy-chaplain-retire-50years-20170922-story.html\">San Diego Union-Tribune<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raised in a devout Catholic family, the young sailor was drawn to a higher calling, so after completing his first enlistment, Dorwart enrolled in the University of Notre Dame, where he completed his Master of Divinity degree. And in 1980, Dorwart was ordained as a Roman Catholic Priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1985, Dorwart returned to the sea, accepting a commission in the Navy as a chaplain. Over the course of six years, he served with Marines in Okinawa, with sailors in Subic Bay and aboard the carrier Midway, an assignment that included a deployment during the first Gulf War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross called for him in 1991 to return to full-time duty with the church. Leaving active duty as a lieutenant commander, Dorwart ultimately had to resign his commission because his commitment to the church didn\u2019t leave time for his reservist duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, Dorwart was working at the University of Portland, which had a student body of about 4,000. 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