RELEVANCE OF RELIGIOUS LEADER ENGAGEMENT FOR THE AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN CORPS

Abstract

The relationship between religion and the Air Force has been tenuous in recent years. Nonetheless, Air Force chaplains have played a role, not only as spiritual caregivers to Airmen, but also as an agent of Religious Leader Engagement on deployments in an informal manner. As the nature of warfare continues to evolve toward a non-traditional format, interactions with local populace and understanding of their cultural and religious background will become more important. Though the Air Force Chaplain Corps does not train for Religious Leader Engagement formally, as a joint force, more consideration will need to be given to incorporate this skill set into the Air Force Chaplain Corps training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1037968

Entities

People

  • Christian J. Chae

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chaplains
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Religion
  • Stability Operations
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.