Leadership

Captain Charles E. Varsogea

Commanding Officer, Naval Chaplaincy School

Chaplain Charles E. Varsogea is a native of Monroe, Michigan. He graduated from Concordia College in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1991 with a B.A. in Philosophy. While attending college, he was in in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program at the University of Michigan, also in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Following undergraduate school, Varsogea began his studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1995, he earned his Master of Divinity, was ordained as a minister of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, and began his ministry of word and sacrament at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He received a call to serve as the senior pastor of Bethany Luther Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1997 and continues to serve this congregation in a missionary capacity.

Master Chief Bryan R. Bravo

Command Senior Enlisted Advisor, Naval Chaplaincy School

Master Chief Religious Program Specialist Bryan Bravo, a native of Whittier, California, enlisted in the Navy in June 2003 and attended boot camp at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. He holds an Associate of Supervisory Leadership from Hawaii Pacific University. He is qualified as Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist and Master Training Specialist.