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

I was a 56M. No special treatment please believe

I was 11B3V and recovering from a surgery, I was put on lite duty to assist a chaplain. I would get phone calls 24/7 from Soldiers in need. Therefore I did not have to pull Staff Duty. I however was never compensated for long hours or weekend duties. It came with the job. I never complained.

The exact same as everyone else regardless of branch of service. Why should you get speacial treatment because you did something on a Saturday or Sunday, but I don't because I had duty on the same day.

They have to set up for different Christian services on Sunday and lay led programs; Adventist and Jewish on Saturday and Friday as well as Islamic and then Bible study and prayer groups all week long and in the evenings. Then they have to coordinate multiple charity projects on the weekends and evenings… Leave the guys alone, they are some of the hardest working in the Army...

No they should be treated same

The job is the job I suppose. I wouldn't expect a jeep mechanic to pick up and ruck 10 miles walking point. It's not his job. I would expect him to meet Pft minimums and qualify on the range, just as I would the CA. Your still in the military.

i plead the 5th on this one...too many people on here get butthurt

You have your job....They have their job....Deal with it. Good Lord stop all the whimpering.

I voted in the wrong question, please disregard.

Having served as a STARC Chaplain Assistant, also serving in Bosnia-Herzegovina, first I'm reminded the manual states that a UMT (Unit Ministry Team) consists of a chaplain and a chaplain assistant. Per the US' understanding of the Geneva Convention a chaplain is a non-combatant, therefore cannot carry a weapon, otherwise has a different designation-target. That's the chaplain assistant's job. If you put a conscientious objector in that role, you're doing your chaplain a disservice. So that the assistant can be ready to engage hostiles, the chaplain should be chaplain's driver.
The chaplain (not " 's") assistant is not the assistant chaplain, but having worked in the CA position, I've had soldiers approach me as if I were.
The chaplain is always called "chaplain". Don't insult him by calling him by his rank, whether lieutenant or general. He is a special staff officer.
It's proper to call a chaplain assistant by his rank.