1. Rev. Carl E. Trost
2303 Springdale LN • Waldorf, MD 20603 • (910) 650-2069
carl.trost1@gmail.com
Objective: Serve as a health care and retirement community chaplain.
Summary of Qualifications
Pastoral Care and Counseling—Pastoral visitation—Program Development and Management
Budgetary Oversight—Contract Management—Supervise and Mentor
Develop and lead Interfaith and Ecumenical Worship Services
Develop and Lead Memorial Services—Coordinate volunteer projects
Develop and Lead Professional Training—Written and Oral Communication
Accomplished religious ministry professional with twenty-four years of experience as a Navy
Chaplain delivering institutional pastoral leadership to military members, their families, and
Department of Defense civilians. Proficient in developing religious programs that support diverse
faith traditions, crisis pastoral care and counseling, marriage and family education, disaster response,
and direct professional development for chaplains and support staff. Secret Security Clearance.
Professional Highlights
UNITED STATES NAVY CHAPLAIN CORPS 1992 - Present
Director, CREDO Naval District Washington, Washington, DC 2015 - Present
• Manage the Navy's National Capital Region resiliency training delivering life-transforming marriage
enrichment and personal growth retreats and workshops.
• Supervise a staff of three contract chaplains and four administrative support staff, and provide
professional mentoring for six newly commissioned Navy Chaplains assigned to Naval District
Washington.
• Chaplain for the Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor program, develop resiliency training for non-
clinical staff, and direct a team of six chaplains delivering pastoral support for the athletes and Safe
Harbor staff during the Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Games.
• Develop Navy-wide chaplain sponsored Living Works suicide education contract.
Base Chaplain, Naval Station Newport, RI 2012-2015
• Supervised ecumenical Religious Ministry program supporting 5000 military personnel and their
families stationed in Newport.
• Designed and implemented training for Navy Chaplains in New England area that aligned training
with Navy Doctrine and pastoral care to meet emerging issues impacting military personnel and
families.
• Directed chaplain emergency management roles and responsibilities, implementing protocols that
defined chaplain/religious ministry response for emotional and spiritual care following disasters.
• Delivered pastoral and funeral support for deceased active duty, families, veterans and retired
military personnel.

2. Deputy Group Chaplain, 2d Marine Logistics Group, Camp Lejeune, NC 2009-2012
• Drafted policies and operating procedures that defined chaplain roles and responsibilities for combat
wounded warrior hospital visitations.
• Developed and implemented emotional and spiritual self-care training for Sailors and Marines
responding to Haiti earthquake disaster in January 2010.
• Supervised professional development and employment of ten chaplains who provided religious
ministry support for over 8,000 Marines and Sailors deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Senior Protestant Chaplain, Naval Station Guam 2006-2009
• Coordinated chaplain crisis ministry support following several community-wide tragedies directing
chaplain response at Guam's naval hospital, impacted commands, and the larger Navy community.
Supervised employment of seven chaplains providing on-site pastoral support, leading memorial
services, and post-event interventions for first responders.
• Developed and implemented regional trauma stress, sexual assault, family advocacy and emergency
management chaplain support protocols.
• Supervised professional development for two chaplains in delivery of institutional ministry, and
execution of a Protestant religious program that addressed the religious needs of a diverse population
with limited access to community religious ministry support.
Education and Certifications
Masters of Divinity, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1988.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Roanoke College, 1984.
Certifications:
 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Facilitator
 Living Works ASIST and SafeTalk Trainer
 Prevention Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP 8.0) Trainer
 Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills (PAIRS) Trainer
 Extended Clinical Pastoral Education, Hampton Roads Veterans Administration Medical Center
 Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
 Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer
 Sexual Assault Victim Advocate
 Critical Incident Stress Management (Advanced)
 Defense Support of Civil Authorities
Rev. Carl E. Trost (910) 650-2069