U.S. Military Chaplains on the Ambassador's Country Team

Abstract

The placement of US Military Chaplains on a country team is a new concept. The State Department has successfully represented the interests of the United States Government without a religious professional from its inception. However the world scene has changed dramatically where the U.S. Government now has diplomatic relations and interactions with countries where religion plays an important role in their governing process. The country team chaplain as that religious professional meets the need to have that skilled someone to operate on behalf of the ambassador. Military chaplains come trained and understand the multifaith environment. Once trained to work on the ambassador's team that chaplain is a multiplier of knowledge across all services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432799

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Cook

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Chaplains
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Religion
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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