Their duties include all areas of legal practice including criminal law, administrative law, contract law, and international law. They conduct the missions of unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, strategic reconnaissance, and counterterrorism. Special Forces unit members are airborne qualified, language trained and area oriented. Since potential missions are worldwide, soldiers train in forest, desert, mountain, arctic, jungle, and urban environments. The Chaplains Branch is a special branch which has the primary mission to perform or provide for comprehensive religious support for soldiers and their family members in war and peace.
Chaplains assist commanders in facilitating the right to free exercise of relgion for all personnel.
Chaplians are commissioned officers and accredited clergy endorsed by a recognized denomination or faith group for the military ministry. The Medical Corps is a part of the Army Medical Department and is a special branch of the Army. The mission of the Army Nurse Corps is to provide quality nursing support and nursing leadership. The Dental Corps is a special branch of the Army. The Corps consists of commissioned officers who are doctors of dental surgery or dental medicine.