03-26-2006, 09:03 PM
I enlisted a few days ago, and have become so engrossed in the different conversations that I neglected to introduce myself. My name is Rob Stroud, and I'm a chaplain in the United States Air Force. My home is in the Puget Sound area (across the waters from Seattle), but Uncle Sam currently has me stationed in America's heartland, near Saint Louis. I've served around the globe, including Korea and Guam in the Pacific, and RAF Greenham Common and RAF Alconbury in the United Kingdom. While in England I joined the Ermine Street Guard as one of their non-drilling associate members. Unfortunately, I have too many other pressing duties to become a reenactor, although I envy those of you who do reenact.
One of my bachelor degrees is in History (with an emphasis on the Roman era). Studied Latin in high school (along with Greek in college and Hebrew in seminary), but languages are not my forte so I claim no expertise in that area.
If I do possess any special knowledge, it would be in the subject of the early church during the Roman era. After receiving my Master of Divinity I earned a Master of Theology in Patristics from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. And no, I'm not a Catholic priest. I'm a Lutheran pastor, with three grown kids and one grandson.
I have always been greatly interested in Rome, and am amazed at some things I've already learned here during the past couple of days. It is a genuine honor to be part of this community, and I hope that my own modest contributions will help to make RAT even better.
One of my bachelor degrees is in History (with an emphasis on the Roman era). Studied Latin in high school (along with Greek in college and Hebrew in seminary), but languages are not my forte so I claim no expertise in that area.
If I do possess any special knowledge, it would be in the subject of the early church during the Roman era. After receiving my Master of Divinity I earned a Master of Theology in Patristics from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. And no, I'm not a Catholic priest. I'm a Lutheran pastor, with three grown kids and one grandson.
I have always been greatly interested in Rome, and am amazed at some things I've already learned here during the past couple of days. It is a genuine honor to be part of this community, and I hope that my own modest contributions will help to make RAT even better.