Margaret G. Kibben

Margaret Grun Kibben
Margaret Grun Kibben
	Kibben in 2014
Born	Warrington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1986–2018
Rank	Rear admiral
Awards	Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit (2); Bronze Star; Meritorious Service Medal (3);

Margaret Grun Kibben is a U.S. Presbyterian minister who served as the 26th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy. Formerly the 18th Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps (CHMC) and the Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, Kibben was the first woman to hold each office.[1][2]

Early life and education

A native of Warrington, Pennsylvania, Kibben entered active duty in the U.S. Navy in 1986 following studies for a bachelor's degree from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. She received both her Masters of Divinity and her Doctor of Ministry degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. She holds a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. Kibben was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace.[3]

Career

Rear Adm. Kibben was relieved by Rear Adm. Brent Scott in July 2018.

Kibben’s Marine Corps assignments have included Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, where she served with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Security Battalion, the Brig, Marine Corps Air Facility and the president’s Helicopter Squadron, HMX-1. She also served with the Marines of Second Force Service Support Group Camp Lejeune, N.C., making deployments to both Turkey and Norway. Later she was assigned to the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico as the doctrine writer for Religious Ministry.[3]

Kibben’s Navy assignments include the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland as the first female chaplain. She was the Navy Chaplain Corps historian at the Chaplain Resource Board and the command chaplain, USS San Diego (AFS-6), in Norfolk, Virginia. As U.S. 3rd Fleet chaplain, Kibben was responsible for the training and certification of all carrier strike group and expeditionary strike group religious ministry teams. She completed a deployment as the command chaplain, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan as an individual augmentee.[3]

Kibben was detailed to the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains, first serving as the director for Force Structure and Community Management and subsequently as the executive assistant to the chief of Navy Chaplains.[3]

Most recently, Kibben held the office as the 18th Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps (CHMC) and the Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.

The Chief of Navy Chaplains is the Senior Chaplain in the Navy, the Head of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, and the Director of Religious Ministry Support for the Department of the Navy.[4] He or she advises the Secretary of the Navy, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard "on all matters pertaining to religion within the Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard."[5]

Awards and decorations

1st row	Navy Distinguished Service Medal	Legion of Merit with one gold award star[3]	Bronze Star[3]
2nd row	Meritorious Service Medal with two award stars[3]	Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with two award stars[3]	Joint Meritorious Unit Award[3]
3rd row	Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation with two bronze service stars[3]	Navy "E" Ribbon[3]	Fleet Marine Force Ribbon[3]
4th row	National Defense Service Medal with service star[3]	Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star[3]	Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star[3]
5th row	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal[3]	Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon[3]	Kuwaiti Kuwait Liberation[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Navy.

www.marines.mil, retrieved May 12, 2011.
marinesmagazine, retrieved May 13, 2011.
"Rear Admiral Margaret G. Kibben, USN". Biographies. United States Navy. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
SECNAVINST 1730.1B, retrieved May 13, 2011.
OPNAVINST 1730.1D Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved May 12, 2011.

External links

Media related to Margaret G. Kibben at Wikimedia Commons

Military offices
Preceded by Mark L. Tidd	Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy 2010–2014	Succeeded by Brent W. Scott
Preceded by Mark L. Tidd	Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy 2014–2018	Succeeded by Brent W. Scott

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[1] www.marines.mil, retrieved May 12, 2011.

[2] rinesmagazine, retrieved May 13, 2011.

[NavyBio-3] "Rear Admiral Margaret G. Kibben, USN". Biographies. United States Navy. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

[SECNAVINST-4] SECNAVINST 1730.1B, retrieved May 13, 2011.

[5] OPNAVINST 1730.1D Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved May 12, 2011.

Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States
Chiefs of Chaplains	Chaplain (Major General) Thomas L. Solhjem (Army) Rear Admiral Brent W. Scott (Navy) Chaplain (Major General) Steven A. Schaick (Air Force)
Senior USMC/USCG Chaplains (working under USN Chief of Chaplains)	Rear Admiral Gregory N. Todd (Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps, and Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy) Captain Thomas J. Walcott (Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard)

Armed Forces Chaplains Board
Chiefs of Chaplains	CH (MG) Thomas L. Solhjem (USA Chief of Chaplains) RADM Brent W. Scott (USN Chief of Chaplains) CH (Maj Gen) Steven A. Schaick (USAF Chief of Chaplains)
Deputy Chiefs of Chaplains	CH (BG) William Green Jr. (USA Deputy Chief of Chaplains) RDML Gregory N. Todd (USN Deputy Chief of Chaplains/ Chaplain of the USMC) CH (Brig Gen) Ronald M. Harvell (USAF Deputy Chief of Chaplains)