Elijah Daspit, son of Capt. Doug Daspit, Army Reserve chaplain for the 321st Sustainment Brigade, bows his head and prays during the opening invocation of this year’s Reserve Officers Association National Convention held in Crystal City, Virginia, July 22, 2017. During the convention, Daspit was awarded Chaplain of the Year for his response to recent Baton Rouge floods, providing one-on-one pastoral counseling to 38 Soldiers and their affected families.

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