page_title: Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center
section_title: Naval Chaplaincy School and Center
hierarchical_section_title: Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center / Naval Chaplaincy School and Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of personnel from U.S. Naval Chaplain School and Center, located on the campus of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, prepare for the first Navy chaplain graduation since the school's move to SC. From caption: Senior Chief Religious Program Specialist Scott Quinn, left, unfurls the colors of the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center during the school's first graduation ceremony for new chaplains Friday.
context_page_description: The Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center is the center for training of United States military chaplains, located at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Co-located on the AFCC campus are: the United States Army Chaplain Center and School, the United States Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, and the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps College. The Center includes the "Joint Center of Excellence for Religious Training and Education."
  Ground-breaking for the AFCC took place May 6, 2008, and the official dedication of the campus occurred on May 6, 2010.
context_section_description: The first Naval Chaplain School was created in February 1942 when civilian clergy, the majority of whom had no prior military experience, entered the Navy to serve during World War II. The school began at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, later moving to the campus of the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, until its decommissioning November 15, 1945.
  With the beginning of the Korean War in 1951, the school was reestablished, located in Newport, Rhode Island as part of the Naval Schools Command.  When the Naval Officer Training Center was established July 15, 1971, later becoming the Naval Officer Training Command on July 1, 1974, the school continued to operate under that Center and Command, until the school became a separate shore activity in March 2007 under the Center for Service Support.
  The Chaplain School ceased activities in Newport August 21, 2009 for its move to Fort Jackson, and its name was changed on October 1, 2009 to the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC), to reflect the fact that the school would no longer only train chaplains, but would now include training for Religious Program Specialists, as well.
  The first graduation of Navy chaplains at the AFCC took place November 13, 2009.
caption: New flag for the Naval Chaplain School and Center is prepared for the first Navy chaplain graduation at Ft. Jackson, Nov 2009.
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