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

They should be treated with respect, the things they do are a lot more than people think.

My 4 month old son passed away and they had to be at the children’s hospital 1 1/2 hours away. They deserve whatever they need as well because they have to be away from there families at a moments notice.

All the same to include the CO's driver!!!

Chaplains are out all hours of the day and night and their trusty assistant is usually with them.

Same as any other soldier

Sorry to pile on, but after my first nine years, I went to recruiting and stayed, a decision I often regret, as it cost me my health. Camaraderie is also far superior in "mainstream" units.

Speaking as a former chaplains assistant, I can tell you we are NOT exempt from either CQ or Staff Duty or guard duty while in garrison. We ARE exempt. from duty on weekends, because every Sunday is a work day. Some Saturdays people have their weddings at the chapel. We have to oversee logistics for those and make sure the wedding party has designated someone to clean up after them if necessary. We then have to get the chapel back in order for Sunday services. We have damn well earned our day off during the week, unless something at the chapel takes priority, especially if you are the NCOIC. If there is a special program in the evening (like a performance of Handel's Messiah), we are required to be there for that, not to watch it, but to ensure everything goes off without a hitch and set up and tear down the reception that most likely will take place afterwards. I lost count, while I was at the NTC, of the number of times the MP's called me at all hours of the night to tell me they had found a chapel door unlocked. I had to go secure it. The one time I thought I saw someone, the armed MP stood fast while unarmed me went forward to check. OK, enough ranting. To whatever idiot presented this inane challenge, chaplains assistants don't get over on anything. Oh, one more thing. Sometimes the soldiers who see us every day are more comfortable unburdening themselves to us than they are to the chaplains whom see only occasionally. SFC (Ret)

I do not see a problem with the so called "perks" honestly I would have loathed to have that job.

As a grunt, I didn't complain about having to sleep under the stars or any of the other scutt that came w/ the job while the finance and AG types roughed it in tents w/ cots, hot H2O, 3 hots vice 3 Cs/MREs and structures sanitary facilities while I dug my daily slit trench..

Came w/ the job and that was that. . . .

As Riggers we rarely get comp days. The only reason why we don't have SD or CQ is because of our heavy missions. If we loose an NCO bc of SAD there goes 45 chutes not getting packed or not enough NCOs at heavy drop making sure everything is getting rigged correctly.