Chaplain, Col Christopher D. Webb is the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He assists the Chief of Chaplains in establishing guidance to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations on all matters pertaining to the religious and moral welfare of 700,000 Air and Space Force personnel and their dependents. Chaplain Webb assists the Deputy Chief of Chaplains in directing and maintaining a trained, equipped, and professional Chaplain Corps of approximately 2,200 chaplains and religious affairs airmen from the Regular and Air Reserve components. In support of the Armed Forces Chaplain Board, he assists the Chief of Chaplains in advising the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on religious, ethical, and quality-of-life concerns.
Chaplain Webb was ordained in 1997 to serve as a parish pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Chaplain Webb was commissioned in July 2000 to serve in the Air Force Reserves. He has served as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) chaplain at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Shaw AFB, South Carolina, and as a staff chaplain, instructor, and course director at the Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Fort Jacson, South Carolina. As a Traditional Reservist, Chaplain Webb served as the Wing Chaplain for the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina and deployed in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. He also served as the IMA to the Command Chaplain, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Georgia. Prior to his current position, Chaplain Webb was the IMA to the Command Chaplain, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virgina.
In addition to advising leaders, providing spiritual care, and protecting the free exercise of religion, Chaplain Webb is the Senior Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Hickory, North Carolina.
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C.
1997 Master of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C.
2001 Orientation Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Service Institute, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Critical Incident Stress Management, Pastoral Crisis Intervention Course, MacDill AFB, Fla.
2008 Intermediate Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Service Institute, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 Academic Instructors Course, AU, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 Air Command and Staff College, AU, Maxwell AFB, Ala., Air Reserve Component Seminar
2012 Wing Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Fort Jackson, S.C.
2012 Blackboard Advanced Teaching and Learning Online Certification, by correspondence
2013 Senior Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Fort Jackson, S.C.
2016 Air War College, AU, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2000 – October 2004, IMA Reserve Chaplain, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.
2. November 2004 – February 2010, IMA Reserve Chaplain, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C.
3. February 2010 – September 2013, IMA Staff Chaplain, Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Fort Jackson, S.C.
4. October 2013 – June 2017, Wing Chaplain, 916 Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
(January – July 2016, Deputy Wing Chaplain, 386 Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia)
5. June 2017 – May 2018, IMA to the Command Chaplain, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
6. June 2018 – December 2020, IMA to the Command Chaplain, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
7. December 2020 – present, Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
First Lieutenant July 31, 1999
Captain October 1, 2002
Major August 2, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel August 10, 2012
Colonel May 1, 2017
(Current as of Feb 2025)