26 August 1996

Religious Ministry Support

for Joint Operations

Joint Pub 1-05
PREFACE

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1. Scope

This publication sets forth principles and

doctrine for the conduct of joint religious

ministry support activities by the Armed

Forces of the United States. It also provides

the following:

a. Guidelines for the joint employment of

chaplains and enlisted religious support

personnel.

b. A basis for joint training of chaplains

and enlisted religious support personnel.

c. A basis for development of Service

doctrine, techniques, and procedures, as

required.

d. An outline of the taskings of chaplains

and Religious Ministry Support Teams.

e. Instructional material that can be used

by the Services’ military education systems.

2. Purpose

This publication has been prepared under

the direction of the Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff. It sets forth doctrine to govern

the joint activities and performance of the

Armed Forces of the United States in joint

operations and provides the doctrinal basis for

US military involvement in multinational and

interagency operations. It provides military

guidance for the exercise of authority by

combatant commanders and other joint force

commanders (JFCs) and prescribes doctrine

for joint operations and training. It provides

military guidance for use by the Armed

Forces in preparing their appropriate plans.

It is not the intent of this publication to restrict

the authority of the JFC from organizing the

force and executing the mission in a manner

the JFC deems most appropriate to ensure

unity of effort in the accomplishment of the

overall mission.

3. Application

a. Doctrine and guidance established in

this publication apply to the commanders

of combatant commands, subunified

commands, joint task forces, and subordinate

components of these commands. These

principles and guidance also may apply when

significant forces of one Service are attached

to forces of another Service or when

significant forces of one Service support

forces of another Service.

b. The guidance in this publication is

authoritative; as such, this doctrine will be

followed except when, in the judgment of the

commander, exceptional circumstances

dictate otherwise. If conflicts arise between

the contents of this publication and the

contents of Service publications, this

publication will take precedence for the

activities of joint forces unless the Chairman

of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, normally in

coordination with the other members of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff, has provided more

current and specific guidance. Commanders

of forces operating as part of a multinational

(alliance or coalition) military command
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should follow multinational doctrine and

procedures ratified by the United States. For

doctrine and procedures not ratified by the

United States, commanders should evaluate

and follow the multinational command’s

doctrine and procedures, where applicable.

CARLTON W. FULFORD, JR.

Major General, USMC

Vice Director, Joint Staff

For the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................. v

CHAPTER I

MISSION, ACTIVITIES, AND SCOPE OF OPERATIONS

• Mission ..................................................................................................................... I-1

• Activities................................................................................................................... I-1

• Scope of Operations .................................................................................................. I-4

CHAPTER II

FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

• Department of Defense (DOD) Policy ...................................................................... II-1

• Responsibility for Religious Ministry Support.......................................................... II-1

• Staff Responsibilities and Functions ......................................................................... II-2

• Operating Principles................................................................................................. II-6

APPENDIX

A References ....................................................................................................... A-1

B Administrative Instructions ............................................................................... B-1

GLOSSARY

Part I Abbreviations and Acronyms.................................................................. GL-1

Part II Terms and Definitions............................................................................. GL-2

FIGURE

I-1 Additional Chaplain Support Functions ....................................................... I-2

I-2 Support Activities Requiring Planning ........................................................ I-4

II-1 Religious Ministry Operating Principles .................................................... II-6
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COMMANDER’S OVERVIEW

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Lists Basic Concepts and Activities of Ministry Support

Outlines Responsibilities and Functions

Describes Basic Operating Principles

Introduction

It is important for the joint

force commander to have

an understanding of the

religious groups and

movements within the

operational area.

Religious ministry support

activities cover a wide

range of professional

functions accomplished

across the range of

military operations.

It is Department of

Defense policy that

requests for

accommodation of

religious practices be

approved by commanders.

The mission of chaplains and enlisted religious support

personnel across the range of military operations is to perform

or facilitate comprehensive religious ministry support to

military members and other authorized personnel. Chaplains

accompany US forces to assist joint force commanders (JFCs)

in providing for the right of free exercise of religion to all

personnel. Based upon commander’s guidance and other

requirements, specific religious ministry support missions will

be assigned to support the personnel and operation plans of

the command.

Because there may be no precise boundary where one

condition (military operations other than war and war) ends

and another begins, changes in religious ministry support

activities will be more a matter of changing intensity and

emphasis than of dramatically altered duties. Chaplains and

enlisted religious support personnel support the

accomplishment of operational objectives through one or more

of the following activities: advising, supporting, coordinating,

analyzing, planning, writing, training, supervising, and

evaluating. By performing these activities, chaplains facilitate

the commander’s religious ministry support plan during a wide

range of operations.

The Services, working closely with endorsing agents of the

ecclesiastical organizations recognized by the Department

of Defense, are responsible for recruiting and training clergy

to serve as military chaplains. They recruit and train enlisted

personnel to provide support for religious ministry programs.

The combatant commander establishes policies governing

the provision of religious ministry support throughout the

theater, develops plans and guidance for religious activities

Responsibilities and Functions
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during military operations other than war and war, and ensures

effective use of chaplain personnel and resources. The

combatant commander should appoint a command chaplain,

assigned or attached to the staff, to coordinate religious ministry

support activities in support of the joint mission.

The Service component commander is responsible for

religious ministry support activities within the component

command. The component commander coordinates with the

combatant commander to provide a balance of religious

ministry support assets throughout the joint force command.

Specific staff responsibilities exist for the Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, and the Chairman, Armed

Forces Chaplains Board. There are specific functions for the

command chaplain of the combatant command, the Service

component command chaplain, the subunified command

chaplain, and the joint task force (JTF) chaplain.

During situations where planning time is limited, the

following operating principles can assist chaplains serving

in a joint force to organize and prepare effective religious

ministry support programs.

Communications. Working together in a joint or

multinational environment, chaplains should establish and

maintain reliable communication with their counterparts.

Taskings. When it becomes necessary for chaplains from

one Service component to support those of another, the request

will be made as a formal tasking from the supported command

to the supporting command.

Plans. The command chaplain of a combatant command

and the Service component command chaplains work closely

together during peacetime to develop plans that are mutually

supportive and create realistic working policies for times of

conflict or war.

Mutual Support. Chaplains and enlisted religious support

personnel should support one another by providing assistance

through personal and professional encouragement and by

sharing duties and resources as appropriate.

Religious Ministry Support Team. Joint force chaplains

should organize their religious support personnel for

Timely response to

worldwide contingency

missions requires a high

degree of readiness and

adaptability.

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deployment as teams, the minimum composition of which

should be one chaplain and one enlisted.

Joint Training. JFCs can promote interoperability through

joint training exercises and by making recommendations to

Service components or Service schools. The commanders of

joint commands are responsible for determining requirements

for joint training and ensuring that their requirements are

submitted to the Services and to the Joint Staff.

Logistics. The JTF chaplain coordinates chaplain-specific

requirements with the JTF logistics officer and informs the

command chaplain of the combatant command of the status of

requisitions. The command chaplain of the combatant

command coordinates with Service component command

chaplains, as necessary, to resolve logistic problems.

Mobility and Readiness. Religious ministry support

personnel of all Services are required by Service policy and

directive to maintain a high state of preparedness in order to

transition swiftly from peacetime duties to a wartime or crisis

response posture.

This publication sets forth principles and doctrine for the

conduct of joint religious ministry support activities by the

Armed Forces of the United States. It also provides guidelines

for the joint employment of chaplains and enlisted religious

support personnel; a basis for joint training of chaplains and

enlisted religious support personnel; a basis for development

of Service doctrine, techniques, and procedures, as required;

an outline of the taskings of chaplains and Religious Ministry

Support Teams; and instructional material that can be used

by the Services’ military education systems.

CONCLUSION
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CHAPTER I

MISSION, ACTIVITIES, AND SCOPE OF OPERATIONS

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1. Mission

a. Background

• Religion plays a pivotal role in the selfunderstanding of many people and has

a significant effect on the goals,

objectives, and structure of society. In

some cases, religious self-understanding

may play a determinative or regulating

role on policy, strategy, or tactics. It is

important for the joint force commander

(JFC) to have an understanding of the

religious groups and movements within

the operational area and the potential

impact that they may have on the

accomplishment of the assigned mission.

• For over 200 years, military chaplains

have accompanied US forces wherever

they have served. The mission of

chaplains and enlisted religious

support personnel across the range of

military operations is to perform or

facilitate comprehensive religious

ministry support to military members

and other authorized personnel.

b. Authority. The First Amendment of the

US Constitution guarantees the free exercise

of religion. Chaplains accompany US forces

in order to assist JFCs in providing for the

right of free exercise of religion to all

personnel. (Title 10, United States Code,

§3073, §5142, and §8067.)

c. Execution. Based upon commander’s

guidance and other requirements, specific

religious ministry support missions will be

assigned to support the personnel and

operation plans of the command. Mission

requirements may involve application of any

number of chaplain specialty skills and

activities. However, chaplains will not be

assigned duties incompatible with their

noncombatant status or their mission.

2. Activities

Religious ministry support activities cover

a wide range of professional functions

accomplished across the range of military

operations. Because there may be no precise

boundary where one condition (military

operations other than war and war) ends and

another begins, changes in religious ministry

support activities will be more a matter of

changing intensity and emphasis than

dramatically altered duties. Chaplains and

enlisted religious support personnel support

the accomplishment of operational objectives

through one or more of the following

activities:

a. Advising

• Chaplains advise the JFC on matters of

religion, morals, ethics, and morale

and provide recommendations as to

how the religious ministry support

assets of the command can be most

“Finally, I do not believe that today a commander can inspire great armies,

or single units, or even individual men, unless he has a proper sense of

religious truth. He must always keep his finger on the spiritual pulse of his

armies . . .”

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery, 1958
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effectively employed. The chaplain

advises the JFC on the role and influence

of indigenous religious customs and

practices as they affect the command’s

mission accomplishment.

• Chaplains provide ethical decision

making and moral leadership

recommendations to the commander.

b. Supporting

• Chaplains provide religious worship

services, rites, sacraments, ordinances,

and ministrations. The primary focus

of this activity is to nurture the living,

care for the sick or wounded, minister to

prisoners or prisoners of war, and honor

the dead. Chaplains accompany US

forces during operations in order to

implement the commander’s religious

ministry support plan. In addition,

chaplains assist military personnel

and family members in dealing with

personal concerns such as faith issues,

stress, anxiety, redeployment or reunion

issues, moral and ethical values, and

social concerns. They combine care

and pastoral counseling skills to

energize hope by providing spiritual

comfort, moral support, and

encouragement. Chaplains also assist

in the areas shown in Figure I-1.

• Chaplains help to resolve problems by

making appropriate referrals to

command channels or social service

agencies. They also assist military

personnel in requesting emergency leave,

compassionate reassignments, and

hardship discharges.

• Chaplains conduct liaison with, and

support humanitarian efforts by

working with, humanitarian relief

agencies, civil affairs, and public affairs

where appropriate. Their skill and

experience in public relations allows them

to bring an added dimension and

perspective to the command’s total mission.

c. Coordinating

• As staff officers, chaplains coordinate a

comprehensive religious ministry

support plan that makes worship

opportunities and pastoral care

available to all members of the

command. Chaplains coordinate

ADDITIONAL

CHAPLAIN

SUPPORT

Decision making

Personal integrity and

responsibility

Family issues and

responsibilities

Drug and alcohol abuse

prevention

Personal morality

Moral dimensions of

decisions and actions in

combat

Suicide prevention

Disappointment, grief,

injury, illness, and death

Battle fatigue

Host-nation religions and

their impact on

operations

Figure I-1. Additional Chaplain Support

Functions
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religious ministry support plans with

higher, lower, and adjacent headquarters

in order to ensure a balance of faith group

coverage throughout the force.

Coordinating instructions should be

stated clearly in operating procedures or

the religious ministry support annex of

operation and exercise plans and

operation orders. At a minimum, the

instructions will outline the following:

•• Describe the religious ministry

support plan. (See Joint Pub 5-03.2,

“Joint Operation Planning and

Execution System Volume II, [Planning

and Execution Formats and Guidance],”

Annex R, for the format of a religious

ministry support plan.)

•• Provide for religious ministry support,

supplies, and equipment, and clarify

each Service’s policies and directives

that govern Religious Offering Funds.

•• Establish requirements for

coordination and contact.

•• Provide instructions for replacement

of personnel.

•• Outline procedures for responding to

crises, disasters, and mass casualty

situations.

• Chaplains coordinate, as required,

with host-nation (HN) civil or military

religious representatives in order to

facilitate positive and mutual

understanding.

d. Analyzing. In this area, chaplains as

staff officers are responsible for the following:

• Analyze joint force mission and

religious ministry support requirements.

• Identify religious, ethical, and moral

needs of the command.

• Research and interpret cultural and

religious factors pertinent to a given

operational area. Work with civil

affairs personnel in analyzing local

religious organizations, customs and

practices, doctrines, symbols, and the

significance of shrines and holy places.

Prepare area assessments and estimates

of the local religious situation.

e. Planning. Chaplains work

continuously with staffs and other chaplains

at all echelons in order to determine the best

methods of employing religious ministry

support assets to accomplish assigned

missions, review after-action data from

previous operations and apply appropriate

lessons learned, and maintain current

standing operating procedures.

f. Writing. Chaplains draft proposed

estimates, assessments, agreements,

instructions, operation plans, annexes, and

other documentation relevant to use of

chaplaincy assets and resources.

g. Training. Chaplains are responsible

for professional training and will identify

the training needs of subordinate chaplains,

enlisted religious support personnel, and lay

readers or lay leaders. They provide

personnel, materiel, guidance, coordination,

and appropriate training activities to ensure

readiness and a high level of professional

development.

h. Supervising. As supervisors, chaplains

provide coordination and functional

guidance both to their chaplains and the

enlisted religious support personnel of the

combatant command or subordinate joint

forces. Supervisory chaplains at all levels

manage assets for ministry in order to ensure

that chaplains are trained, equipped, and

prepared to perform their duties. Chaplains

in supervisory positions coordinate with

appropriate staff agencies in order to ensure

that subordinate chaplains and enlisted
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religious support personnel receive

appropriate support, professional guidance,

and performance evaluations.

i. Evaluating. In a system where

evaluation and feedback are highly valued,

chaplains continually review and analyze

religious ministry support to determine its

effectiveness in supporting common

objectives.

3. Scope of Operations

a. Operation Planning. By performing

the above activities, chaplains facilitate the

commander’s religious ministry support

plan during a wide range of operations.

Although not all contingencies can be fully

anticipated, successful operation planning

requires that chaplains give detailed

Religious ministry activities include those in

support of humanitarian or disaster relief

operations.

consideration to the requirements of religious

ministry support activities shown in Figure

I-2.

b. Planning Requirements. In planning

for the operations listed above, chaplains

should be prepared to provide religious

ministry support to the following:

SUPPORT

ACTIVITIES

REQUIRING

PLANNING

The combatant command

being tasked as the

supported command

The combatant command

being tasked as the

supporting command

The combatant command

being tasked to provide a

joint task force or to

participate in a

multinational task force

Special operations

Noncombatant

evacuation operations

Peacekeeping operations

Humanitarian or disaster

relief operations

Civic assistance

operations

Figure I-2. Support Activities Requiring

Planning
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• Deploying and deployed US forces in the

continental United States and at overseas

locations.

• Joint medical evacuation systems.

• Joint mortuary requirements following

mass casualties.

• Enemy prisoners of war (EPWs).

• Returned US personnel. (Those who

have been held captive by enemy forces

or held hostage by terrorist organizations

and subsequently returned to US

control.)

• Temporary encampments and

transportation hubs.

• Civil affairs activities.
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FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND

OPERATING PROCEDURES

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1. Department of Defense

(DOD) Policy

Free exercise of religion is a basic principle

of our country and is guaranteed by the First

Amendment to the US Constitution. The

Department of Defense places a high value

on the rights of members of the Armed Forces

to observe the tenets of their respective

religions. It is DOD policy that requests

for accommodation of religious practices

be approved by commanders when

accommodation will not have an adverse

impact on military readiness, unit cohesion,

standards, or discipline. (DOD Directive

1300.17, “Accommodation of Religious

Practices Within the Military.”)

2. Responsibility for Religious

Ministry Support

a. The Military Services. The Services,

working closely with endorsing agents of the

ecclesiastical organizations recognized by the

Department of Defense, are responsible for

recruiting and training clergy to serve as

military chaplains. They recruit and train

enlisted personnel to provide support for

religious ministry programs.

b. The Geographic Combatant

Commander and Subordinate Joint Force

Commanders. The geographic combatant

commander establishes policies governing

the provision of religious ministry support

“He taught them how to live and how to die.”

William Somerville, 1675-1742

In the Memory of the Rev. Mr. Moore

The geographic combatant commander and subordinate commanders establish

policies to ensure effective religious ministry support to every joint force member.
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throughout the theater, develops plans and

guidance for religious activities across the

range of military operations, and ensures

effective use of chaplain personnel and

resources. The geographic combatant

commander should appoint a command

chaplain to coordinate religious ministry

support activities in support of the joint

mission. Subordinate joint force commanders

share similar responsibilities in their assigned

operational areas to provide for religious

ministry support in accordance with the

policies of the geographic combatant

commander.

c. The Service Component Commander.

The Service component commander is

responsible for religious ministry support

activities within the component command.

The Service component commander

coordinates with the geographic combatant

commander to provide a balance of religious

ministry support assets throughout the joint

force.

3. Staff Responsibilities and

Functions

a. The following outlines the relationship

between the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, the Joint Staff, and the Chairman,

Armed Forces Chaplains Board.

• The Chairman, Armed Forces

Chaplains Board, through the Director,

Joint Staff, serves as an adviser to the

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

on religious and moral matters

involving joint operational matters.

When requested, or as otherwise

appropriate, the board will provide advice

on the religious and moral implication

of actions associated with the integrated

employment of land, sea, and air forces

to achieve national security objectives.

• The chaplain on the Joint Staff has direct

liaison with the Chairman, Armed Forces

Chaplains Board, to advise on joint

religious ministry doctrine and policy as

well as chaplaincy issues with foreign

military staffs. The chaplain on the Joint

Staff serves as a special assistant on

religious affairs and is responsible for

providing advice on religious and moral

matters, guidance in the provision of

religious ministries across the range of

military operations, and assistance in

integrating chaplains into joint force

organizations.

b. The Command Chaplain of the

Combatant Command. The command

chaplain of the combatant command is the

senior chaplain attached to the staff of the

combatant commander and is responsible for

the following:

• Serves as the principal adviser to the

combatant commander on matters of

religion, ethics, and morals. (The

command chaplain advises the

commander on morale within the

command. The chaplain is normally a

member of the special staff who reports

directly to the combatant command’s

chief of staff.)

• Recommends policy to the combatant

commander concerning provision of

ministry and religious ministry support

activities within the theater.

• Develops religious ministry support

annexes for campaign, operation, and

exercise plans, as appropriate.

• Coordinates religious ministry with

Service component command

chaplains in order to ensure provision

of religious ministry to all military and

other authorized personnel.

• Determines personnel and faith group

requirements to ensure balanced

coverage throughout the theater.
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• Maintains information on principal

religious faith groups and religious

trends within the theater.

• Maintains liaison between the

command and HN religious leaders

and provides interface with religious

ministry support elements of

multinational forces.

• Identifies joint training objectives for

chaplains, religious support personnel,

and lay readers or lay leaders serving in

the theater.

• In consultation with the chaplain on the

Joint Staff and the Service component

command chaplains, plans joint training

events and conferences in order to

promote interoperability and awareness of

joint procedures and requirements.

• Recommends appropriate participation

in joint training exercises for chaplains

and enlisted religious support

personnel and, in cooperation with the

component command chaplains,

develops exercise objectives, Master

Scenario Events Lists (MSEL), and

MSEL implementers.

• Coordinates logistic support for

religious ministries within the theater

and reviews the Services’ policies on

Religious Offering Funds in order to

acquire an understanding of how each

Service keeps and accounts for its funds.

• Maintains liaison with the Chairman,

Armed Forces Chaplains Board,

through the chaplain on the Joint

Staff, to inform on all matters affecting

the provision of religious ministry

support in the theater.

• When directed, advises the battle staff

or crisis action team of the combatant

command on the implementation of

the religious ministry support annex

(or appropriate portion of operation plans

or operation orders) and coordination of

the provision of religious ministry support

throughout the theater. (The command

chaplain holds appropriate security

clearances and accesses to work in

classified spaces at this level.)

• Provides religious ministry,

emotional support, and pastoral

counseling to the combatant command

staff.

• Reviews and coordinates, as necessary,

inter-Service support agreements

between components that provide

religious ministry support to ensure that

such support is provided as effectively

and efficiently as possible.

• Maintains liaison with national and

international relief organizations

within the theater.

c. The Service Component Command

Chaplain. The Service component command

chaplain is the senior chaplain assigned to the

staff of, or designated by, the commander of a

Service component of a combatant command

and is responsible for the following:

"I am deeply concerned as to the type

of chaplain we get into the Army. For

I look upon the spiritual life of the

soldier as even more important than

his physical equipment . . . the soldier's

heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's

soul are everything. Unless the

soldier's soul sustains him, he cannot

be relied upon and will fail himself and

his commander and his country in the

end. It's morale, and I mean morale,

which wins the victory in the ultimate,

and that type of morale can only come

out of the religious fervor in his soul. I

count heavily on that type of man and

that kind of Army."

GEN George C. Marshall
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• Advises the command chaplain of the

combatant command on all professional

matters concerning the provision of

religious ministry support affecting the

joint command.

• Coordinates closely with the command

chaplain of the combatant command

in responding to taskings of the

combatant command.

• Provides temporary liaison personnel

to the command chaplain of the

combatant command, as requested, to

support specific operational requirements.

• Develops all inter-Service support

agreements and Memorandums of

Understanding, which provide for

religious ministry support by the

component command to organizations

outside that command -- advises the

command chaplain of the combatant

command on the status of these

agreements.

d. The Subunified Command Chaplain.

Unless otherwise specified, the duties of the

subunified command chaplain are the same

as those of the joint task force (JTF) chaplain.

“Finally, knowing the vanity of man's

effort and the confusion of his purpose,

let us pray that God may accept our

services and direct our endeavours, so

that when we shall have done all we

shall see the fruits of our labours and

be satisfied.”

Major General Orde Wingate

February 1943, Order of the Day

Imphal

e. The JTF Chaplain. Upon the

establishment of a JTF, the implementing

directive designates the commander and

assigns mission and forces, including the

• Serves as the principal adviser to the

Service component commander on

matters of religion, ethics, and morals

and advises the commander on morale

within the command.

• Provides religious ministry support to

all personnel assigned to the Service

component, and plans and implements

religious ministry support activities

appropriate to the rights and needs of the

military and other personnel.

• Develops religious ministry support

annexes that support joint force plans.

• Implements the religious ministry

support doctrines, policies, and

procedures of the appropriate Service,

component commander, and combatant

commander.

• Coordinates with the command chaplain

of the combatant command in order to

ensure that religious ministries are

available to all members of the joint

force.

• Coordinates with the command chaplain

of the combatant command in order to

ensure proper coverage of faith groups

within the theater.

• Provides appropriate ministry support

training for joint operations to

chaplains and enlisted religious support

personnel of the Service component and

informs the command chaplain of the

combatant command of support

requirements for training activities.

• Monitors a system of logistic support

for religious activities within the

component command in order to ensure

that logistic systems and procedures are

adequate to support religious activities

within the theater.
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provision of an adequate staff. The command

chaplain of a combatant command may be

appointed to serve as the JTF chaplain or will

normally recommend a chaplain to serve on

the JTF staff. The JTF chaplain will be

responsible for the following:

• Advise the JTF commander on

matters of religion, morals, ethics, and

morale.

• Be of a rank and experience level

commensurate with the size and

composition of the JTF.

• When feasible, be a member of the

Service that provides the preponderance

of personnel to the task force.

• Be responsible to the JTF commander

but, through frequent communication,

will receive professional guidance and

coordinating instructions from the

command chaplain of the combatant

command and will encourage all task

force religious support personnel in

communicating regularly with their

components.

• Report, as required, to the chaplain of

the combatant command and to the

command chaplain of his or her

component Service.

• Perform ministry according to his or

her respective faith group and Service

practices and standards, expanding the

spectrum of professional expectations to

meet the requirements.

• Ensure that task force religious support

personnel of all Services receive

professional assistance, program

funding, and logistic and personnel

support through appropriate JTF

staff channels, establish and

coordinate a Task Force Religious

Ministry Support Plan that will

provide adequate chaplain coverage to

all elements of the task force, and

recommend personnel replacement or

rotational policies to cognizant JTF

staff agencies.

• Assist humanitarian agencies and civil

affairs units with humanitarian and

disaster-relief programs.

A JTF chaplain may serve many different faith groups and should be familiar with

the practices of each.
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• Ensure that EPW and civilian

internees receive ministry and care

appropriate to their needs.

4. Operating Principles

Timely response to worldwide contingencies

requires a high degree of readiness and

adaptability. During situations where

planning time is limited, the operating

principles shown in Figure II-1 and

discussed below can assist chaplains

serving in a joint force to organize and

prepare effective religious ministry support

programs.

a. Communications. Working together

in a joint or multinational environment,

chaplains should establish and maintain

reliable communication with their

counterparts. Communications are generally

initiated from senior to subordinate

headquarters. However, chaplains at all

levels should take the initiative to establish

professional communications with higher,

adjacent, and subordinate staffs regardless of

Service. Good communications allow

religious ministry support personnel to be

sufficiently informed, avoid duplication of

effort, and ensure that religious coverage is

provided to the greatest number of personnel.

b. Taskings. When it becomes necessary

for chaplains from one Service component

to support those of another, the request will

be made as a formal tasking from the

supported command to the supporting

command. Normally, the command chaplain

of the combatant command will consult with

the Service component command chaplains

and/or the JTF chaplain to determine the

resources best suited to meet the tasking

requirement.

Figure II-1. Religious Ministry Operating Principles

RELIGIOUS MINISTRY OPERATING PRINCIPLES

Communications

Taskings

Plans

Mutual Support

Logistics

Joint Training

Mobility and

Readiness

Religious

Ministry Support

Team
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exercises and by making recommendations

to Service components or Service

schools.

• Effective operations in wartime

require the exercise of joint doctrine

in peacetime. The commanders of joint

commands are responsible for

determining requirements for joint

training and ensuring that their

requirements are submitted to the

Services and to the Joint Staff. The

command chaplain of the combatant

command will coordinate with Service

component command chaplains in order

to develop exercise scenarios that provide

appropriate training.

• The Services are responsible for

programming resources for joint training

and for providing training facilities for

those areas in which they have primary

responsibility. Service component

command chaplains work closely with

the component command staffs and the

command chaplain of the combatant

command to ensure that adequate

resources are available for training.

g. Logistics. Logistics deals with

determination of requirements, procurement,

and distribution of resources.

• Combatant commanders determine

which logistics tasks will be

decentralized among the Service

components and which will be

consolidated under one Service

component, including those that are

currently ongoing. Chaplain supply

items will normally come through

Service channels.

• The JTF chaplain coordinates

chaplain-specific requirements with

the JTF logistics officer and informs

the command chaplain of the combatant

command of the status of requisitions.

c. Plans. By definition, the operation

plans of a subordinate command implement

those of the senior command and reflect

organization and procedures that allow the

senior commander to achieve the objectives.

The command chaplain of a combatant

command and the Service component

command chaplains work closely together

during peacetime to develop plans that are

mutually supportive and create realistic

working policies for times of conflict or

war.

d. Mutual Support. Unity of effort is

achieved only through professional regard,

recognition of common objectives in ministry,

and a genuine spirit of cooperation. Chaplains

and enlisted religious support personnel

should support one another by providing

assistance through personal and professional

encouragement and by sharing duties and

resources as appropriate.

e. Religious Ministry Support Team.

Chaplains rely on the professional skills of

Army chaplain assistants, Navy Religious

Program Specialists, and Air Force Chaplain

Service Support personnel. Navy chaplains

assigned to Coast Guard units will be

administratively assisted by Coast Guard

yeomen. Because this close working

relationship is crucial during a time of conflict

or war, joint force chaplains should organize

their religious support personnel for

deployment as teams, the minimum

composition of which should be one chaplain

and one enlisted. Whenever possible, Service

integrity should be maintained in the

composition of the teams.

f. Joint Training

• Joint doctrine for religious ministry

support is most effective when religious

support personnel know how their

counterparts from other Services perform

their duties. JFCs can promote this

interoperability through joint training
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The command chaplain of the combatant

command coordinates with Service

component command chaplains, as

necessary, to resolve logistic problems.

h. Mobility and Readiness. Religious

ministry support personnel of all Services are

required by Service policy and directive to

maintain a high state of preparedness in

order to transition swiftly from peacetime

duties to a wartime or crisis response

posture. Although not all possible

deployment situations can be anticipated,

much can be done to prepare for religious

ministry support in a joint setting. As a

minimum, religious support team members

will be responsible for the following:

• Review their Service component

command’s standing operating procedures

(SOPs) for joint operations and review

combatant command SOPs for JTF

operations.

• Maintain the essential supplies and

equipment required for deployment in

a preplanned and prepackaged

configuration (mobility boxes, mount out

boxes, and other equipment).

• Become familiar with deployment

practices of other Services.

• Participate in joint training exercises.
APPENDIX A

REFERENCES

A-1

The development of Joint Pub 1-05 is based upon the following primary references.

Federal Statutory Laws

1. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, PL 99-433

(codified in various sections of 10 USC, especially 164 and 167).

2. Title 10, United States Code.

DOD Directives

3. DOD Directive 1300.17, 3 February 1988, “Accommodation of Religious Practices Within

the Military.”

4. DOD Directive 5100.1, 25 September 1987, “Functions of the Department of Defense

and Its Major Components.”

5. DOD Directive 5120.8, 24 July 1979, “Armed Forces Chaplains Board Charter.”

Joint Publications

6. Joint Pub 1, “Joint Warfare of the Armed Forces of the United States.”

7. Joint Pub 0-2, “Unified Action Armed Forces (UNAAF).”

8. Joint Pub 1-01, “Joint Publication System (Joint Doctrine and JTTP Development

Program).”

9. Joint Pub 1-02, “DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.”

10. Joint Pub 3-0, “Doctrine for Joint Operations.”

11. Joint Pub 5-03.2, “Joint Operation Planning and Execution System, Volume II (Planning

and Execution Formats and Guidance).”

Multi-Service Publication

12. Armed Forces Staff College Pub 1, “The Joint Staff Officer’s Guide.”

Army Publications (latest issue)

13. AR 165-1, “Chaplain Activities in the United States Army.”

14. FM 16-1, “Religious Support Doctrine.”
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Navy Publication (latest issue)

15. SECNAVINST 1730.7, “Religious Ministries Within the Navy.”

Air Force Publication (latest issue)

16. AFR 265-1, “The Chaplain Service.”

Marine Corps Publication

17. FMFM 3-61, “Ministry in Combat.”
APPENDIX B

ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

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1. User Comments

Users in the field are highly encouraged to submit comments on this publication to the

Joint Warfighting Center, Attn: Doctrine Division, Fenwick Road, Bldg 96, Fort Monroe,

VA 23651-5000. These comments should address content (accuracy, usefulness,

consistency, and organization), writing, and appearance.

2. Authorship

The lead agent for this publication is USCINCEUR. The Joint Staff doctrine sponsor for

this publication is the Director for Manpower and Personnel, (J-1).

3. Supersession

This publication supersedes Joint Pub 1-05, 3 August 1993, “Religious Ministry Support

for Joint Operations.”

4. Change Recommendations

a. Recommendations for urgent changes to this publication should be submitted:

TO: JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//J-1//

INFO: JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//J7-JDD//

Routine changes should be submitted to the Director for Operational Plans and

Interoperability (J-7), JDD, 7000 Joint Staff Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20318-7000.

b. When a Joint Staff directorate submits a proposal to the Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff that would change source document information reflected in this

publication, that directorate will include a proposed change to this publication as an

enclosure to its proposal. The Military Services and other organizations are requested

to notify the Director, J-7, Joint Staff, when changes to source documents reflected in

this publication are initiated.

c. Record of Changes:

CHANGE COPY DATE OF DATE POSTED

NUMBER NUMBER CHANGE ENTERED BY REMARKS

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5. Distribution

a. Additional copies of this publication can be obtained through Service publication

centers.

b. Only approved pubs and test pubs are releasable outside the combatant commands,

Services, and Joint Staff. Release of any classified joint publication to foreign

governments or foreign nationals must be requested through the local embassy

(Defense Attache Office) to DIA Foreign Liaison Branch, C-AS1, Room 1A674,

Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301-7400.

c. Additional copies should be obtained from the Military Service assigned

administrative support responsibility by DOD Directive 5100.3, 1 November 1988,

“Support of the Headquarters of Unified, Specified, and Subordinate Joint Commands.”

By Military Services:

Army: US Army AG Publication Center

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d. Local reproduction is authorized and access to unclassified publications is

unrestricted. However, access to and reproduction authorization for classified joint

publications must be in accordance with DOD Regulation 5200.1-R.
GLOSSARY

PART I—ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

GL-1

DOD Department of Defense

EPW enemy prisoner of war

HN host nation

JFC joint force commander

JTF joint task force

MSEL Master Scenario Events List

SOP standing operating procedure
command chaplain. The senior chaplain

assigned to or designated by a commander

of a staff, command, or unit. (Joint Pub

1-02)

command chaplain of the combatant

command. The senior chaplain assigned

to the staff of, or designated by, the

combatant commander to provide advice

on religion, ethics, and morale of assigned

personnel and to coordinate religious

ministries within the commander’s area of

responsibility. The command chaplain of

the combatant command may be supported

by a staff of chaplains and enlisted religious

support personnel. (Joint Pub 1-02)

crisis. An incident or situation involving a

threat to the United States, its territories,

citizens, military forces, possessions, or

vital interests that develops rapidly and

creates a condition of such diplomatic,

economic, political, or military importance

that commitment of US military forces and

resources is contemplated to achieve

national objectives. (Joint Pub 1-02)

joint operations. A general term to describe

military actions conducted by joint forces,

or by Service forces in relationships (e.g.,

support, coordinating authority), which, of

themselves, do not create joint forces. (Joint

Pub 1-02)

lay leader or lay reader. A volunteer (“lay

leader” in Army and Air Force; “lay reader”

in Navy and Marine Corps) appointed by

the commanding officer and supervised and

trained by the command chaplain to serve

for a period of time to meet the needs of a

particular religious faith group when their

military chaplains are not available. The

lay leader or lay reader may conduct

services, but may not exercise any other

activities usually reserved for the ordained

clergy. (Joint Pub 1-02)

religious ministry support. The entire

spectrum of professional duties to include

providing for or facilitating essential

religious needs and practices, pastoral care,

family support programs, religious

education, volunteer and community

activities, and programs performed to

enhance morale and moral, ethical, and

personal well being. Enlisted religious

support personnel assist the chaplain in

providing religious ministry support. (Joint

Pub 1-02)

religious ministry support plan. A plan that

describes the way in which religious

support personnel will provide religious

support to all members of a joint force.

When approved by the commander, it may

be included as an annex to operation plans.

(Joint Pub 1-02)

religious ministry support team. A team

that is composed of a chaplain and an Army

chaplain assistant or Navy Religious

Program Specialist or Air Force Chaplain

Service Support Personnel or Coast Guard

yeoman. The team works together in

designing, implementing, and executing the

command religious program. (Joint Pub

1-02)

Service component command chaplain.

The senior chaplain assigned to the staff of,

or designated by, the Service component

commander. The component command

chaplain is responsible for supervising and

coordinating religious ministries within the

purview of the component commander and

may be supported by a staff of chaplains

and enlisted religious support personnel.

(Joint Pub 1-02)

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Assessments/

Revision

CJCS

Approval

Two

Drafts

Program

Directive

Project

Proposal

J-7 formally staffs with

Services and CINCS

Includes scope of project,

references, milestones,

and who will develop

drafts

J-7 releases Program

Directive to Lead Agent.

Lead Agent can be

Service, CINC, or Joint

Staff (JS) Directorate

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begin to assess it during use

18 to 24 months following

publication, the Director J-7, will

solicit a written report from the

combatant commands and

Services on the utility and quality

of each pub and the need for any

urgent changes or earlier-thanscheduled revisions

No later than 5 years after

development, each pub is revised

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to fill extant operational void

J-7 validates requirement with Services and

CINCs

J-7 initiates Program Directive

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as shown in the chart above. is in the Personnel and Administration series of joint

doctrine publications. The diagram below illustrates an overview of the development process:

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LOGISTICS PLANS C4 SYSTEMS

JOINT PUB 0-2

JOINT PUB 1

UNAAF

JOINT

WARFARE

JOINT

DOCTRINE

PUBLICATION

Lead Agent forwards proposed pub to Joint Staff

Joint Staff takes responsibility for pub, makes

required changes and prepares pub for

coordination with Services and CINCS

Joint Staff conducts formal

staffing for approval as a Joint Publication

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(PRA) to develop the pub

PRA develops two draft pubs

PRA staffs each draft with CINCS, Services,

and Joint Staff

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ENHANCED

JOINT

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CAPABILITY

INTELLIGENCE

JOINT PUB 2-0

OPERATIONS

JOINT PUB 1-0

PERSONNEL

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OPERATIONS