Retired U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, General Dondi E. Costin is today’s guest. Chaplain Costin is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, and was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986. He then served as a squadron-level scientific analyst evaluating air-to-ground precision-guided munitions, chief of scientific analysis on a major command headquarters staff, and assistant professor of aerospace studies. He completed a competitive category transfer into the Air Force Chaplain Corps in 1996. Chaplain Costin has since served as Protestant chaplain for Air Force Basic Military Training, Flightline chaplain and then senior Flightline Chaplain for both special operations and conventional forces in Europe, senior Protestant chaplain, readiness instructor/evaluator preparing Chaplain Corps personnel for worldwide deployment, Air Staff branch chief, wing chaplain, command chaplain for the air component mission in Southwest Asia, and command chaplain for Pacific Air Forces. An ordained Southern Baptist minister, Chaplain Costin is endorsed by the Liberty Baptist Fellowship to serve as an Air Force Chaplain.
Dr. Costin is currently the President of Charleston Southern University (CSU) in Charleston, South Carolina. Learn more about his role there at https://www.charlestonsouthern.edu/about/president-costin
Today he shares with us two rules to follow, no matter what path your journey forward takes you. One, Bloom Where You Are Planted, and two, Don’t Burn Any Bridges.
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