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Honoring Those Who Serve

Randy Wren 91

By Rachel Wegner 07

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Click Photo to Enlarge Randy Wren 91

Randy Wren 91 is a lieutenant colonel and chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, serving as the 95th Division Deputy Chaplain in Oklahoma City, Okla. He recently returned from a year-long deployment at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and is also serving as staff chaplain at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Wren said that he has enjoyed the physical training he has taken part in while in the Army. He said it affords him the opportunity to be around the other soldiers and to find a common ground.

"I love to talk to soldiers and find out what their world is like and what is going on with them," Wren said. "Chaplains go where soldiers go. Sometimes this involves counseling, or just 'shooting the breeze' with them or participating in live training exercises with them."

Wren said that one of the biggest challenges for him is his alternating times at home and in deployment. He said that his wife, Cathy, took on a great deal of responsibility when he was deployed to Germany.

"The Army spouse has to assume the roles of mom, dad, disciplinarian, teacher, taxi driver and whatever else you can think of," Wren said. "All of a sudden a spouse is forced to be a single parent."

Wren lives with his wife and their two children, Buddy, 13, and Jessica, 11, in Oklahoma City.