I'd like to be a part time chaplain(US Army). How many days in a month would the army requires me to report?
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for starters, to be a chaplain you have to have a degree in theology and while in college you have the option to go through rotc.  or you can enlist and be a chaplain's assistant, learn the ropes and what's required and then go through ocs.  which, in my personal opinion will make you a better officer, knowing what the enlisted men go through and deal with and so on.  most reserve and guard chaplains, are also ministers on the civilian side.  its not a requirement, but most are.  to forewarn you though, as a reserve or guard chaplain, you are subject to be called up to fill duties at a stateside base, depending on what denomination you pursue. what i mean that is if 2 or 3 chaplains are moved to another post or if they are deployed to iraq or something, someone needs to fill in for them.   but most generally, unless you take an agr (active guard and reserve) position, it's only one weekend a month 2 weeks a year. i hope that helped and here are a couple links to check out for chaplain and chaplain's assistant.  hope this helps.  good luck and god bless
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articles 85 and 86 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)  85 is desertion, which is loosely defined as Unauthorized Absence (UA) for more than 30 days, but can include desertion in battle.  Article 86 is UA for anywhere from ten minutes late to 29 days.
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Don't stress out about it. Phones are few and far between, and the military schedules don't often coincide with the soldier's personal desires. I'd give it a few days, if not a few weeks before I'd get worried.
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If you would like a better understanding of such regulations and help in finding them visit you ACS (Army Community Services) in such situations it is normal for the army to send the soldier back from the field or a deployment. At least from my experiance. I would have sent one of my troops home for the lucky day.\n\nIf you are having a hard time with the chain of command you can always speak to the chaplain or Army Family Team Building. \n\nGood luck
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You will get different answers from different people.  There are some people that spend all day in an air conditioned office, with a pool just outside that get off work at 1600 (4 pm).  Others, like me, are in the infantry.  We also have tankers, artillery, medics and others with us.  We live in Iraqi houses, sleep in our trucks, stay up all night in an ambush site, drive all day as an IED (roadside bomb) test kit, talk to the people everyday.  And we may stay out for 7, 8, 9 days or more.  We set up a patrol base and get mortered daily.  Sometimes we dont see our actual base for a month at a time, or more.  When we get blown up, shot up or totally f*cked up, we have to turn around the next day, with some of our friends not with us, and do it all over again.  Yet to some, stress comes from running out of staples when you are done writing that report, or the ari conditioner not working today.
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hope this helps some http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjobs/a/89b.htm
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Cautiously is correct; I don't know what Christie is smoking...\nHonestly work conditions and hours vary GREATLY within MOSs.  It is true that, in a garrison environment, most marines (save flight crews, CFR, SAR, PMO, & some others) enjoy a very relaxed work week- I say this viewing it from the other side- I was an MP who worked on average 60 hours a week- literally almost twice the hours most other Marines worked.    \nIn that sense, being admin, or cook, or stich b*tch is cake, but as the first guy said, deployments happen. A LOT.  In that case, virtually every one will be required to work in extreme conditions (including combat) and for ungodly periods of time.  There is a mission to be accomplished, regardless of any other concern.  As hard and dangerous as it may be, it is strangly satisfying and kinda fun- in a masochistic way.  I got out in May- and love being a bearded  nasty civilian- but I really miss it like crazy.  \n\nWhatever you decide, take your time and be sure.  You will never know what it will be like- no one can really tell you what it will do to or for YOU, but at least make your choice with due diligence.\nHonestly, I really want to help you. Email me if you want.  Just amend your question if you are interested, and I will send you my email.
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if you are a mechanic in the army, yes you will get time off to do whatever you want.  there wont be anyone breathing down your back all the time unless if you get into trouble.  sometimes you will work long hours and others you will get off early.  the army has one 3 or 4 day weekend a month which is nice.  you will usually work M-F starting out doing PT at 6:30 until 7:30, then you go home to shower and eat breakfast and come back to work at 9 and get off at 5.  mechanics usually get all weekends off.  now if you get deployed or your unit is getting ready to deploy you wont get much time off.  getting ready to deploy takes a lot of work and you will work a lot.  and when you are deployed there is no such thing as a day off but you will get personal time every day to do what you want.  if you want to get weekends and holidays off DONT be a cook, MP, or a medic, they dont get weekends off.  hope that helps you.
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Who told you that...\neverday? how about your other duties ....\n\nOnce a month is enough!!
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Here's a start:\n\nhttp://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyjoin/a/armymilacademy.htm?...+admission.   But, the guys above are correct.
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The Army & Air Force & Reg. Navy have 12 months deployments - the Navy aircraft personnel has 18 months.      The Marines do 6-7 month deployments.\nWhy? Orders from way up top.
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No you need 6 consecutive months of active duty and an honorable, or general discharge.
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Dear Daniel,\n\nI went into the Army to get away from my mother and step-father. It was a hard time being in the Army but it was easier than being in a place like my step-father's house where he was drunk and fighting. Sometimes things were even worse and we would be afraid for our lives. \n\nIn the Army, you can keep your religious values. You can still be a Christian. You will find other Christians there. No one understands the need to believe in the Lord as much as one who walks through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. The Army provides chaplains for most kinds of Christianity. Prayer groups also can form within and between units as long as everyone keeps to their mission and assignments. \n\nYou will find people of all different faiths and some with no faith at all in your unit. It is very important for the harmony of your unit that you do not spend time trying to convert these soldiers not of your faith. It is annoying and makes you NOT of their team. \n\nThe way to bring people to your Lord is by example, quiet example. When they see what kind of Christian you are, what your belief in Christ does for you, then a few might ask. Wait for them to ask. If you preach to the unwilling, you make enemies both for yourself and for Christ. Your unit commander will have to talk with you about it, too. \n\nGet as much education and as many skills that translate into jobs outside the service as you can. Understand that the first mission of the military is to meet with and to neutralize the enemy. That means killing them, destroying their homes, water supplies, food, and medical. In short, being a force of evil in their eyes. Justify it any way you wish (and we all have to when we serve) but when you see a child who is blown apart from a mutition you set off, you come to understand this.\n\nSo serve your time, learn to earn, get out and get a real job in the real world. Do nothing dishonorable. \n\nMay God protect all the children and put an end to these senseless wars.
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Im not sure that it is prescribed in law but if it is then the norm of 20 seems a fair bet.  Of course some jobs such as teaching offer much greater holidays. I think I get about 13 weeks.
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I haven't done it personally but I know the army do so every year, try contacting them.\n\nwww.army.mod.uk might be a good starting point
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Wow a question that I know a lot about. As a army national guardsmen and Iraq veteran, being an enlisted personnel in the national guard is someone who volunteered to sign up to serve and defend your state and country. The other option is being commissioned, which is being appointed by the state.  National Guard personnel can be a full time job but primarily is part time. It just sucks we get activated for 2 yrs and sent over to Iraq, and people sometimes think the National guard isn't really serious :(
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Each state has a minimum number of days required for attendance, and all schools in the state have to abide by that.  Not all holidays or holy days, or religious observances are recognized for the purpose of a day off, and each year the State Board of Education determines what days will and won't be days off.  On days not recognized as free days, you would be required to attend or be counted absent.  So yes, it is legal.  That said, I can't imagine they actually intended you to attend on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I expect it is a misunderstanding or simply an oversight on somebody's part.   Check with who ever is in charge of the program, and get the answer you need.  There has to be a human responsible for oversight and that's the person you need to talk to- preferably before Thursday.   It's not whining, it's an honest request for information and clarification of the rules.   After all- what are you supposed to do if you actually get ill?  I don't imagine they want you lugging the keyboard and monitor into the bathroom and typing in between retches?  So some provisions have to be made, and you just need to find out what those are.  Just remember to be polite when you ask- they can't get upset with an honest, polite question.