What are you opinions on Chaplain Assistants getting "Special Treatment" from their units?

I was in Maintenance my whole career. Most of my time we were exempt from pulling CQ and Staff Duty etc. But we worked late until 2000hrs. Most nights and worked a lot of Sat. We got no pay back for the hours worked.

I know in my unit during our tour in Iraq, the chaplains assistant's main duty was being the chaplains bodyguard on top of everything else he had to do, truly remarkable guy, he was a reservist and his civilian job was sherriffs department swat team in New Hampshire, our chaplains assistant didn't only make sure on base activities for the chaplains were set, but also scouted and set up security for all the chaplains civil affairs missions in villages throughout central and southern Iraq. And to top off all his long hours, 24/7 activities since our unit had only one chaplain and hundreds of soldiers working round the clock, the chaplains assistant also got notified while in the sandbox about his the mother of his children, his wife, another service woman, passing away on base statesite leaving him to be a single father.

Before I rotated out of the Army, (1970), I pulled guard duty twice in the 3 months before leaving, and KP 4 days before getting out.. Cry me a river...

Everyone must be treated the same.

Worry about your own self. They got duties. You don’t even know.

Different mission different guidelines...

They should be treated the same! They swore an oath and wear the same uniform as other soldiers who are required to perform the same duties even on the weekends

They are on call 24/7
Leave em be.

Chaplain Assistants are always on call. They work weekends and are charged with maintaining the chapel; the chaplian’s vehicle, schedule, office, and equipment. They also assist or fill in for the chaplain in matters of troop counseling, services, and other Command needs.

They have a different job than the average Joe. They have a job to do for the Chaplain. I BELIEVE they have only 1 assistant. I could be wrong.