Retired Air Force chaplain to lead Charleston Southern
From Jenna Schiferl at the Post and Courier:
Costin stayed in the Air Force, and after around eight years of night school he finished the education he needed to become a chaplain.
“Whereas most people have to get out of the Air Force, go to seminary and come back, I was able just to stay in. One day I was a line officer, and the next day I was a chaplain,” he said.
He went on to serve as the senior Air Force chaplain in the Middle East, the senior Air Force chaplain in the Pacific, and eventually made his way to the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.,where he oversaw all Air Force chaplains around the world as the chief of chaplains.
He eventually obtained a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, “not knowing what would happen, but just to open some doors.” He also holds five master’s degree and a doctor of ministry degree. He originally thought he might want to teach at a university.