Keywords: US Navy 040722-N-9693M-005 Chief of Navy Chaplains, Rear Adm. Louis V. Iasiello, left, watches with Commander, Naval Reserve Force, Vice Adm. John Cotton as newly commissioned Ensign Jeanette Gracie Shin signs her Oath of Offic.jpg en Pentagon Washington D C July 22 2004 - Chief of Navy Chaplains Rear Adm Louis V Iasiello left watches with Commander Naval Reserve Force Vice Adm John Cotton as newly commissioned Lt j g Jeanette Gracie Shin signs her Oath of Office paperwork in the Pentagon Shin is the first Buddhist Chaplain in the Department of Defense and first entered the military by enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1988 She served for four years and following her honorable discharge from the Marine Corps earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Mason University in Philosophy and Religious Studies Later earning a Master of Arts degree in Buddhist Studies from the Graduate Theological Union/Institute of Buddhist studies located in Berkeley California U S Navy photo by Mr Damon J Moritz RELEASED 2004-07-22 040722-N-9693M-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 16404 U S Navy photo by Mr Damon J Moritz PD-USGov-Military-Navy John G Cotton Oath of office Louis Iasiello United States Navy chaplains Buddhist chaplains Women in the United States Navy |