U.S. Army Major David Hicks has been a military chaplain for 16 of his 18 years of military service.

He is currently deputy garrison chaplain at Redstone Arsenal in a career that has included deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also served at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Forts Lee and Eustis in Virginia and Fort Huachuca in Arizona. He also served in Germany.

Hicks and his wife Maureen have three daughters, including one who is a military spouse with two children.

He recently participated in a question-and-answer session with the Lede.

What influenced you to become a chaplain?