The chaplain’s corps of the Alabama National Guard is growing, but adding additional chaplains is still a critical need.

Six Guardsmen recently completed the Army’s Chaplain Training Course at Fort Jack­son in South Carolina. One al­ready has completed seminary and the others are attending seminary.

The Alabama Guard current­ly has 19 chaplains assigned to the more than 11,000 troops and their families statewide. The state has 31 total chaplain slots, Col. Robert Hicks said. He’s the state Air Guard chaplain and the full-time support chaplain at the Guard headquarters in Montgomery.

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