Janet Horton is a native of Crystal, Michigan and grew up in Iowa. She entered the U. S. Army in June 1976 served for 28 years as a Christian Science Chaplain. She was the first woman in the Army Chaplain Corps to be assigned as a Division or Corps level Supervisory Chaplain and the first woman to attain the grade of Colonel in the Army Chaplain Corps.

She had two tours in the Pentagon and prayed with casualties in the Pentagon Courtyard on 9-11. She supervised the religious support for Task Forces in Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo. She was the Chief of Leadership Training in the Combined Arms Department at the Soldier Support Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

This is just a small sample of all that Janet has done and is doing. Please help us welcome Janet to our Annual Gathering.