Chaplain Corps

U.S. Army Chaplain Corps (DACH)

Army Chaplain Corps News

Mission

The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps provides religious support and advises on matters of religion, ethics, and morale to build strong, ready teams to deploy, fight, and win our Nation’s wars as a unique and necessary branch of the Total Army that is fully engaged in Joint and multidomain operations in war and peace.

Vision

The Army Chaplain Corps enables readiness by investing in People, connecting them in spirit, and cultivating community across Joint and multidomain theater of operations to care for the soul of the Army while it fights and wins our Nation’s wars.

Leaders

  • Brig. Gen. Jack J. Stumme
    DEPUTY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS
    Brig. Gen. Jack J. Stumme
  • Sgt. Maj. Meaghan B. Simmons
    REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR
    Sgt. Maj. Meaghan B. Simmons
  • Brig. Gen. Charles M. Causey
    DEPUTY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS, U.S. ARMY RESERVE
    Brig. Gen. Charles M. Causey

Chaplain Corps Information

Army Assistance Resources

ANSWER THE SACRED CALL

Army Reserve chaplains target Battle Focused Training
The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division strengthened its Battle Focused Training for chaplains and unit ministry teams by holding three consecutive exercises at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, this spring. The training surge comes as the U.S. Army focuses on large-scale combat operations featuring high-intensity, sustained conflict against near-peer adversaries involving multiple corps and divisions. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Sal Ottaviano, 99th RD Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano) View original
Serve as an Army chaplain or religious affairs specialist

The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps is charged with ensuring the highest level of religious support for our Army’s Soldiers and Families. It is critically important that our Army secures capable, well-trained, and spiritually fit religious leaders to answer this sacred call.

Become an Army Chaplain

  • More information on the new Chaplain In-service Procurement Program (CHIPP) will be coming soon.

  • Regular Army chaplains serve full time in almost every type of Army unit, and in Army chapel community ministries. The Chaplain Corps also offers select chaplains the opportunity to pursue advanced graduate degrees and to serve in specialized ministries in ethics, world religions, hospital ministry, and marriage and family counseling. As an active-duty chaplain, you could be stationed in the United States, or in one of 180 countries around the world.

    Become an Army chaplain

  • The Army National Guard is a part-time force that operates in all 50 states; the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; and the District of Columbia. Its threefold mission is to provide essential capabilities to the Army, respond to domestic emergencies such as floods and hurricanes, and mobilize in response to national crises.

    As an Army National Guard chaplain, you can pursue a civilian ministry while training near home and serving your community. You will typically serve one weekend each month and complete two weeks of annual training.

    Become an Army National Guard Chaplain

  • The U.S. Army Reserve is a part-time force that provides essential capabilities to the Army, extending its ability to respond to challenges at home and abroad. The Army Reserve may be mobilized to respond to national crises.

    As an Army Reserve chaplain, you can pursue a civilian ministry while training near home and serving your community. You will typically serve one weekend each month and complete two weeks of annual training.

    Become an Army Reserve chaplain

Become an Army Religious Affairs Specialist

  • As a religious affairs specialist, you are an enlisted member of the unit ministry team, serving alongside and in support of a chaplain. Together, the chaplain and religious affairs specialist provide religious support to Soldiers, Families, and authorized personnel through religious programs, worship services, counseling support, and unit outreach. You will also assist the chaplain during missions and daily activities.

    Your responsibilities include planning and coordinating religious support operations; helping manage the unit ministry team’s schedule to promote Soldiers’ spiritual well-being and resilience; maintaining reports, files, and administrative records; and providing specialized peer support to Soldiers who may need personal or emotional support.

    Become an Army Religious Affairs Specialist