Arnold Resnicoff

Arnold E. Resnicoff
Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff
Religion	Judaism
Personal
Nationality	American
Born	(1946-10-10) October 10, 1946 (age 70) Washington, D.C.
Religious career
Ordination	Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1976
Previous post	Command Chaplain, U.S. European Command U.S. National Director, Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee Special Assistant for Values and Vision, Secretary and Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Present post	Consultant, Interfaith values and interreligious affairs
Website	www.resnicoff.net

Arnold E. Resnicoff (born 1946) is an American Conservative rabbi who served as a military officer and military chaplain. He served in Vietnam and Europe before attending rabbinical school. He then served as a U.S. Navy Chaplain for almost 25 years. He promoted the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and delivered the closing prayer at its 1982 dedication. In 1984 the President of the United States spoke on his eyewitness account of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. After retiring from the military he was National Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee and served as Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, serving at the equivalent military rank of Brigadier General.

Resnicoff holds several degrees, including an honorary doctorate. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, and the Chapel of Four Chaplains Hall of Heroes Gold Medallion.

Resnicoff's father, a World War II Navy veteran, encouraged Resnicoff to serve with the military as one way for the family to "pay its dues" to America. He served as an enlisted man in the Naval Reserves during High School, then after graduation from NROTC at Dartmouth College served in the rivers of Vietnam (and a short time in Cambodia as well, when his ship became the first U.S commissioned vessel to cross the border) as part of "Operation Game Warden," the operation aimed at keeping the rivers free from Viet Cong, and then with Naval Intelligence in Europe before leaving the Navy to attend rabbinical school.