title: Charles R. Bailey
text: # Charles R. Bailey
  
  Chaplain (Brigadier General) Charles Ray Bailey, USA was an American Army officer who was the 24th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2011 to 2015.
  
  From 2007 to 2011, Chaplain Bailey served as the United States Army Europe Command Chaplain.
  
  In May 2011, United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that Colonel Bailey had been nominated for promotion to brigadier general and reassignment as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains.
  
  ## Education
  
  Bailey earned a bachelor's degree in Business and Religion from Texas Wesleyan University in 1975. He then received a master's degree in Divinity from the Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in 1978. He later earned a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in 2007.
  
  ## Awards and decorations
  
  * Master Parachutist Badge
  * Army Staff Identification Badge
  * 82nd Airborne Division Combat Service Identification Badge
  * U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Distinctive Unit Insignia
  * Legion of Merit
  * Defense Meritorious Service Medal
  * Meritorious Service Medal (with two silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters)
  * Joint Service Commendation Medal
  * Army Commendation Medal (with one bronze oak leaf cluster)
  * Army Achievement Medal
  * Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with two bronze oak leaf clusters)
  * Army Superior Unit Award
  * National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star)
  * Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
  * Southwest Asia Service Medal
  * Afghanistan Campaign Medal
  * Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  * Armed Forces Service Medal
  * Armed Forces Reserve Medal
  * Army Service Ribbon
  * Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 7)
  * NATO Medal for Yugoslavia Service
  * Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
  * Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
  