By Daniel J. Sparks 16 November 2010. Filed in Chaplain Candidates.
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Do chaplain candidates deploy?No. Chaplain candidates are in a training status. As such, they are nondeployable. Because chaplain candidates have not yet met the requirements to serve as chaplains, they would be unable to provide any ministerial function while deployed.
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I know the answer will probably be the same, especially because of the conflict it would make on the UMR, but what if the Chaplain Candidate is volunteering for a Chaplain Assistant’s slot? Any chances of that being allowed?
Dru, chaplain candidates are officers and chaplain assistants are enlisted. A unit can’t substitute an officer in an enlisted position. Chaplain candidates are training to become chaplains; deploying as an assistant would make this impossible. Even if everyone in a unit chain of command were okay with deploying a candidate, regulation prohibits it. Candidates are in a training, nondeployable status.