Sector Charleston Chaplain
Lee J. Yi
Lieutenant, Chaplain Corps
United States Navy
USCG Sector Charleston & Sector Jacksonville
Chaplain Yi is currently the Command Chaplain of Coast Guard Sectors Charleston and Jacksonville. He is responsible for the spiritual care of approximately 4,000 personnel and family members representing fifty-one separate commands throughout South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Chaplain Yi was commissioned in January 2022 into Active Duty ministry in the Chaplain Corps. He graduated from Officer Development School in February 2022 and the Chaplain Basic Leadership Course in April of the same year. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Division Officer of the Command Religious Ministries Department aboard the USS Nimitz in Bremerton, WA for two years, deploying to PACOM in support of maintenance of freedom of navigation, humanitarian assistance, and disaster recovery.
Lieutenant Yi is a native of California. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies and Leadership from the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX (2005). He earned a Master of Divinity in General Pastor Ministry from Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA (2013). He completed eighteen years of ministry with nine of those years as an ordained minister of the Evangelical Church Alliance before entering Active Duty in 2022.
LT Yi is married to Bora and is father to Ella (21), Emma (19), and Anna (15).
Contact:
Office: (571) 608-1297
Duty Cell: (843) 296-1762
Email: Lee.J.Yi@uscg.mil