Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Army National Guard

Chaplain (Brigadier General) Thomas (Tom) G. Behling is the Director of the Joint Chaplains Office, National Guard Bureau; the Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Army National Guard; and the Command Chaplain for U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). He is the primary Army National Guard liaison to the United States Army Chief of Chaplains. He is ordained as a minister and endorsed as an Army chaplain by the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA). Chaplain Behling provides advice and counsel to the Chief, National Guard Bureau, and the Director of the Army National Guard, and he oversees resources, training, and policy for more than 800 chaplains serving nearly 350,000 Army National Guard soldiers, their families, and Army National Guard civilians. As the FORSCOM Command Chaplain, Chaplain Behling provides advice and counsel to the Commander, FORSCOM, and oversees resources, training, and policy for all unit ministry teams serving FORSCOM soldiers, their families, and civilians.