Chaplains get a lot of their training in seminaries and through courses offered by their services.
One such place is Brooke Army Medical Center here, where the Clinical Pastor Education program teaches chaplains to minister amid the blood and emotional stress of a hospital emergency room. Chaplains join trauma teams battling daily to save the lives of victims of violence, from gunshot wounds to car accidents. This is the 'bloody boot' ministry. Only Army chaplains currently participate, but the Air Force, which has a similar program at nearby Wilford Hall Medical Center, has expressed interest in adopting some of the Army's techniques, Raymo said. During that year, chaplains are integral members of the trauma team of physicians, nurses and medical technicians.