Religious Affairs Afsc
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What two distinct responsibilities make up the AF Chaplain Corps mission?
Providing spiritual care and insuring all Airmen and their families have opportunities to exercise their constitutional right to the free exercise of religion
What are the AF Chaplain Corps two core capabilities?
Spiritual Care and Advice to Leadership
What does the AF Chaplain Corp's core processes define?
The basic areas of expertise that the Chaplain Corps adds to the mission.
In its most basic form, what does an RST consist of?
A chaplain and a religious affairs airman
Who can designate a an active duty or reserve officer as a chaplain in the AF Chaplain Corps?
USAF Chief of Chaplains
What duties must a chaplain not perform?
-anything incompatible with their faith group tenants, professional role, and their noncombatant status
What does a senior RST consist of?
Wing/installation chaplain and superintendent/NCOIC, chapel operations.
What is one of the primary ways that the senior RST operates a Chaplain Corps team?
Through the use of operational supervision and functional authority
What are three important characteristics of a successful RST relationship?
Trust, Courage, Respect
What era can the chaplain assistant beginnings be traced back to?
The Civil War era
What official language did Army Regulation 60-5, Chaplains, General Provisions outline?
That chaplains were to be provided an assistant.
What did the original iteration of the single manager concept seek to do?
To provide more duties and responsibilities for chaplain assistants
What was the original idea of the PMT?
To team one chaplain and one chapel management personnelist together.
What did the original chaplain assistant AFSC badge symbolize?
Faith as living reality
Who was the first individual to serve as the SEM of the Chaplain Service Support Personnel career field?
CMSgt Gary Reichle
What four core capabilities make up the chaplain assistant career field?
Religious program management, advising leadership, crisis intervention counseling, and unit engagement
As enlisted members of the RST, who do chaplain assistants advise?
commanders, command chiefs, group superintendents, first sergeants, and supervisors at all levels
Which core capability is specific to chaplain assistants and distinct from spiritual counseling?
Crisis intervention counseling
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