In November 2025, Lt. j.g. Stacie Powell completed the U.S. Navy’s Naval Chaplaincy School Basic Leadership Course at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island.
By doing so, the 49-year-old wife, mother and grandmother became the first female active-duty Navy chaplain endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to Chaplain Tamara Harris, the Church’s chaplain services manager.
“Stacie Powell is the first female chaplain from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve in the United States Navy. She is a faithful pioneer for Latter-day Saint women in military chaplaincy, willing to serve where few are called,” Harris said. “Through her commission, she may be assigned worldwide in support of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.”