Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Trent C. Davis is the 21st Chief of Chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia and serves as the third Chief of Chaplains for the U.S. Space Force. As a member of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations special staff, he establishes guidance and provides advice on all matters pertaining to the religious and moral welfare of Air Force and Space Force personnel. He is responsible for establishing effective programs to meet the religious needs of Airmen, Guardians and their dependents. As Chief of Chaplains, he is the senior pastor for more than 700,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the U.S. and overseas. He leads the Department of the Air Force Chaplain Corps of approximately 2,200 chaplains and religious affairs Airmen from the active duty and Air Reserve components. As a member of the Armed Forces Chaplain Board, he and his colleagues advise the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on religious, ethical and quality-of-life concerns.
Chaplain Davis was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in 1995. He entered the Air Force Reserve as a chaplain in 1997 and the active-duty Air Force in 1998. During his career, he served in numerous leadership positions at the Group, Wing, Numbered Air Force, and Major Command levels. After assignments as Installation Chaplain, Wing Chaplain, and Deputy Command Chaplain, he served as Command Chaplain for United States Air Forces Central, United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa and Air Combat Command. Prior to his current assignment, Chaplain Davis served as Deputy Chief of Chaplains, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Science, Sociology, Longwood College, Farmville, Va.
1996 Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
1998 Chaplain Orientation Course, Air Force Chaplain Service Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Intermediate Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Service Institute, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Wing Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Fort Jackson, S.C.
2016 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2016 Senior Chaplain Course, Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2018 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1997–April 1998, Individual Mobilization Augmentee Chaplain, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D.
2. April 1998–April 2001, Protestant Chaplain, 42nd Air Base Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
3. April 2001–July 2004, Protestant Chaplain, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan
4. July 2004–June 2005, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
5. June 2005–October 2006, Protestant Chaplain, 347th Rescue Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.
6. October 2006–November 2007, Protestant Chaplain, 23rd Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.
7. November 2007–July 2010, Installation Chaplain, 422nd Air Base Group, Royal Air Force Base Croughton, United Kingdom
8. July 2010–June 2011, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 2011–June 2014, Wing Chaplain, 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Okla.
10. July 2014–July 2016, Wing Chaplain, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, South Korea
11. July 2016–July 2017, Deputy Command Chaplain, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
12. July 2017–June 2018, Student, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2018–June 2019, Command Chaplain, U.S. Air Forces Central, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
14. June 2019–June 2022, Command Chaplain, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein AB, Germany
15. June 2022–December 2023, Command Chaplain, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
16. December 2023–August 2024, Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
17. August 2024–present, Chief of Chaplains for the Air Force and Space Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(Current as of August 2024)