Posted on Apr 2, 2014
What are you opinions on Chaplain Assistants getting "Special Treatment" from their units?
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What are you opinions on Chaplain Assistants getting "Special Treatment" such as exemption from CQ/Staff duty, Comp-Time for working Chapel Services on the weekends, etc. from their units?<div><div><br></div><div>What do you think should Chaplain Assistants be treated differently or should they be treated the same as any other soldier in the unit? <br></div></div>
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I was a 19D. Combat NOW's don't have "real" work to do, on a daily basis. We only did our job while on deployment. The rest of the time, that we spent stateside was either training, or maintaining equipment/ vehicles. There is only so much training you can do, especially since training funds aren't exactly unlimited. We pulled a lot of CQ, gate guard, odd details. I mean, why shouldn't we? We only earned our money while overseas; unlike everyone else who had regular jobs to do every day. Our time to sit back and relax was between missions, during deployments, when all of the other Joe's got to pull details. I mean, we maintained ourselves, like burning crap, and guarding ourselves, but gate duty was reserved for soldiers that didn't have to leave the base camp every other day.
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SGT Jeremiah White
Okay, so you’re cool with giving up multiple weekends and nights a month, in addition to what the rest of the time the unit is working. Stay in your lane.
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They should be treated differently..when I was active duty. My chaplain requested to my Commander, that be given a week off to teach Vacation Bible School.
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PO1 Kerry French
If you were a Chaplain's assistant, this would be an unreasonable request. CA's and RPs do not teach Sunday School, VBS or counsel. Maybe if you a parishoner volunteer... but then you should have just taken leave.
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TSgt Rudy Adame
The request was submitted by the chapels brass. Yes as a church attendee I did volunteer. I taught the junior and high school youth. Was given two weeks off to help teach VBS. This was in 68-69 in Okinawa.
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You do your work and do it well. If your mind is on other people and their work, your not focus on yours. We all have our part, they have theirs.
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Look, it really depends on what you would consider Special Treatment for Chaplain’s Assistants. Are you one of them or just a wannabe?
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A friend volunteered in Vietnam for Chaplain’s Assistant and after going out with him in the field as they were under attack and Chaplain was going solder to soldier, some wounded, etc said he could not wait to get back to I volunteer as he put it. “The Chaplain had someone up there watching out for him. I don’t have any one”.
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Back in my last unit 5-4 Cav @ Fort Riley the SCO has a policy that mechanics didn’t do cq/staff duty because he would rather us work 9-5 in the MP maintaining the fleet than doing a 24 hr shift and having the next day off. Guy was brilliant and we didn’t have too many vehicles on the deadline report.
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