TC 1-05
Military Religious Support Mission
Chapter 1
Military Religious Support Mission
Section I Unit Mission
Mission
The mission of the UMT is to provide military religious support (RS)
to soldiers, families, and authorized civilians as directed by the
commander. To perform this mission, each chaplain fulfills two roles:
religious leader and special staff officer--ensuring the following key
tasks are completed--
RS for all faith groups.
Moral leadership.
Emergency RS.
Provision of professional expertise to the commander on free
exercise of religion, morals, morale, and the ethical impact of
command decisions.
UMT readiness.
RS activities are addressed in FM 1-05 using the terms "perform" and
"provide." Chaplains "perform" RS when their actions are in
accordance with the tenets or beliefs of their endorsing faith group.
Chaplains "provide" RS for religious services or practices that they
cannot personally perform.
Scope
RS includes religious leader activities, such as religious services,
rites, sacraments, ordinances, religious education, pastoral care and
counseling, religious education, family life ministry, and institutional
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