Emilio Marrero, Jr.
Emilio Marrero Jr. is a Captain in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy. A native of the South Bronx (New York City), Chaplain Marrero is a 1982 graduate of Eastern College in St. David, Pennsylvania. He received his M.Div. degree from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1985, and completed his D.Min. in Religious Education from Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, in 2000. Chaplain Marrero has served in a series of diverse tours, including Ship's Chaplain to the USS Tripoli; Group Chaplain during Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Staff Chaplain, to the Naval Air Station at Keflavik, Iceland; and Command Chaplain for the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma, Arizona. He served with the First Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton as the I MEF Forward Force Chaplain and Deputy Force Chaplain during combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom (January-October 2003) and Operation Iraqi Freedom II (February-July 2004). He is currently serving as the Force Chaplain at the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command in Little Creek, Virginia. His personal awards include Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and over twenty campaign and unit awards.