Chaplain (Brigadier General) Charles Ray Bailey is a former U.S. Army officer who was the 24th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2011 to 2015.
From 2007 to 2011, Chaplain Bailey served as the United States Army Europe Command Chaplain.
In May 2011, United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that Colonel Bailey had been nominated for promotion to brigadier general and reassignment as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains.
Education Bailey earned a bachelor's degree in Business and Religion from Texas Wesleyan University in 1975. He then received a master's degree in Divinity from the Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in 1978. He later earned a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in 2007.
Awards and decorations Master Parachutist BadgeArmy Staff Identification Badge82nd Airborne Division Combat Service Identification BadgeU.S. Army Chaplain Corps Distinctive Unit Insignia Legion of MeritDefense Meritorious Service MedalMeritorious Service Medal (with two silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters)Joint Service Commendation MedalArmy Commendation Medal (with one bronze oak leaf cluster)Army Achievement MedalJoint Meritorious Unit Award (with two bronze oak leaf clusters)Army Superior Unit AwardNational Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star)Armed Forces Expeditionary MedalSouthwest Asia Service Medal Afghanistan Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Service MedalArmed Forces Service MedalArmed Forces Reserve MedalArmy Service RibbonOverseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 7)NATO Medal for Yugoslavia ServiceKuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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Biography of Chaplain (Brigadier General) Charles R. “Ray” Bailey