EDWARD K. MANEY Chaplain (Colonel), U.S. Army Retired Fort Sam Houston Installation Chaplain (July 2002 – September 2005) Chief, Fort Sam Houston Casualty Assistance Center (CAC) (September 14, 2009 – January 31, 2018) ************************************************* Colonel Edward K. Maney is a product of the great Eastside of San Antonio. He graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1971 at the top of his class. He received a congressional appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY in 1971 from then Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, and he became one of the first Black graduates of West Point from San Antonio in June 1975. Colonel Maney served for 7 years in the Air Defense Artillery branch before resigning his Army commission to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth where he graduated with a Master of Divinity (MDIV) degree in December 1984. Maney returned to Active Duty in the Army Chaplaincy in 1985 and distinguished himself with the highest honors in unique cutting edge assignments. Chaplain Maney received a Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree in Cultural Foundations and World Religions from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1992. He distinguished himself as the Senior Army Chaplain, Arlington National Cemetery and Deputy Military District of Washington Command Chaplain (1996-2000); as a Course Author and Instructor at the Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS (1992-1996); as the Command Chaplain, 19th Theater Support Command, Republic of South Korea (2000-2002); and as the Installation Chaplain, Fort Sam Houston, TX (2002-2005). Chaplain Maney is the first Black West Point graduate to become an Army Chaplain and the first Black Installation Chaplain for Fort Sam Houston, TX. He retired from the Army on 31 December 2005 after serving 28 years of Active Federal Service. His highest Army awards are the Legion of Merit with First Oak Leaf Cluster. On 23 April 2006, Coliseum Park Baptist Church called Chaplain Maney to serve as Pastor, and he served diligently for 3-1/2 years until he was selected to serve as the Chief of the Fort Sam Houston Casualty Assistance Center (CAC) on 14 September 2009. The Commanding General of U.S. Army North and Fifth Army presented him with the Commander’s Civilian Service Commendation Award in July 2013 for outstanding leadership and service as a Department of the Army Civilian. Rev. Maney retired from Federal Civil Service on 31 January 2018 with over 40 years of service to our nation. He received the Superior Service Award for his outstanding service upon his second retirement. Chaplain Maney returned to active ministry as the Protestant Pastor of the Army Residence Community (ARC) Collective Protestant Congregation on December 9, 2018, and he fulfilled his commitment on May 16, 2021. Chaplain Maney and his wife, Linda, have been married for 44 years. As a Pastor and proven leader, he has lived by his personal epitaph, “FAITH ABOVE FEAR… ALWAYS! The Spirit of Fear has no hold on those who move forward with Courage and Drive.”