Welcome to the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) Chapel website.

Chaplain Core Vision:

Devoted to God and Country, we unite to deliver innovative, life transforming service throughout and beyond the Sea Service.

Mission:

To provide religious ministry from the sea across the land into the life of every service man and woman.

Worship Schedule:

Open Christian Worship:
Sunday at 1000

Pastoral Services
 

Counseling

The Chaplains are available for counseling by walk in or by appointment. Because chaplains provide confidential and privledged communication, communication to a chaplain remains private unless you, the counselee, gives permission to disclose to another party.

Sample topics:

• Loneliness
• Depression
• Relationship difficulties
• Chain of Command issues
• Spiritual issues or questions
• Grief management
• Anger management
• Pre-marital preparation
• Marital distress
• Death or illness in family / friends
• And so on . . .

Religious Services

Please see our Worship Schedule above for an updated list of on base worship oportunities.
 

Marriage Preparation and Couple's Counseling

Did you know, the average person spends more time studying for their driver's license than preparing to get married? Marriage preparation is one way to improve your relationship and builds a foundation that all relationships can use to improve. The chapel offers the following services to help improve your relationship:
 

Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program

Building Healthy Marriages! is based on PREP and the best-selling book “Fighting for Your Marriage”. This is a skill-based marriage enrichment and communication program designed to help make good marriages even better and to prepare engaged couples for a life-long happy marriage. And couples in need of a “tune-up” love this program. Couples who are having difficulties in their relationship also report great benefit from this outstanding seminar. (Couples in abusive relationships may not attend until treatment is completed.)

PREP occurs the last Wed and Thursday of every other month at no cost to the attendees. Contact the NASWI Chapel for more information.
 

Individual Counseling Sessions With A Chaplain

Although PREP is very successful, some couples desire individual sessions with a chaplain. Contact the NASWI Chapel to schedule an appointment.

Resources

Sometimes it may be uncomfortable talking to a chaplain. Our mission is to help you find the best resource available to meet . The below are just a few resources that many find useful:

Fleet and Family Readiness

Fleet and Family Readiness is your source for information on Navy life in the Pacific Northwest. Find information on Navy events, entertainment, fitness, sports, Fleet & Family Support Programs, child care, youth & teen programs, outdoor recreation, single sailor activities, housing, dining, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, and much more.

Military One Source

Military OneSource is a free service provided by the Department of Defense to service members and their families to help with a broad range of concerns including money management, spouse employment and education, parenting and child care, relocation, deployment, reunion, and the particular concerns of families with special-needs members. They can also include more complex issues like relationships, stress, and grief. Services are available 24 hours a day — by telephone with professionally trained consultants and online. Many Military OneSource staff members have military experience (veterans, spouses, Guardsmen, Reservists), and all receive ongoing training on military matters and military lifestyle. The program can be especially helpful to service members and their families who live at a distance from installations.

Navy Marine Corps Relief Society

We are a private, non-profit, volunteer, service organization. As a Center of Excellence, we are committed to ensure that all available resources are used to assist personnel of the Naval Services - active, retired, and their eligible family members - to achieve financial self-sufficiency and find solutions to emergency needs

NASWI Chapel

NAS Whidbey Island
Religious Ministries Department (N9)
1155 West Intruder Street, Building 960
Oak Harbor, WA 98278-1600
Phone: (360) 257-2414
FAX: (360) 257-4103
Email: whdb_chapel_all_hands@navy.mil

VAQ Wing

Command Chaplain
3760 N. Charles Porter Ave
Oak Harbor, WA 98278-7500
Phone: (360) 257-4176
FAX: (360) 257-1299

CPRW-10

Command Chaplain
3560 N. Charles Porter Ave, Building 410
Oak Harbor, WA 98278-6400
Phone: (360) 257-2863
FAX: (360) 257-4333