ConflictsSeptember 9, 2026· DVIDS

SOMETIMES THE CALL TO SERVE COMES LATER THAN YOU THINK

Dr. Jeff Crapper, an educator and volunteer fire fighter from Dayton, Oregon, joins the US Navy in the Chaplain Corps at 48-years-old.

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