Religion & Spirituality
Joey Odell graduated from West Point, and then served 10 years as an Army Kiowa Pilot. After a conversion of faith, he left the Army to become a pastor before God called him back to the military as an Army Chaplain. His first tour as a chaplain was with 1/327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Joey shares some of his experience as a chaplain serving in combat with Screaming Eagles in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan during OEF 10-11. Since that deployment, Joey has served several years in Special Operations and then at his alma mater, West Point. Joey is a father of 13, and recently he wrote a book called Faith Is Not Blind, where he challenges sincere Christians to answer four critical questions. We discuss these questions, fatherhood, and his recent theological transition Anglicanism in this interview. You can learn more about Joey’s book at https://www.joeyodell.com. If you’d like to learn more about Joey’s experience at West Point, you can watch an interview at the West Point Center for Oral History website.