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Faith, Military

Retired Marine brings one-stop veterans resource center to Santa Rosa County

April 26, 2026 | Collin Bestor

Tim Chandler has spent his life answering callings.
At 16, he started preaching. Not long after, he joined the Marine Corps and never saw the two as a contradiction.
“Being a minister and a man of God made me a better Marine,” Chandler said, “and being a Marine made me a better minister and a man of God.”