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Ministry teams meet for tactical training
[Link] 1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption - Chap. (Maj.) Robert Cox, U.S. Army NATO command chaplain, leads a discussion on how U.S. Army NATO's unit ministry teams can integrate into not only the battalion and brigade training plans but also NATO's Regional Defense Plans during a week of training at Ramstein and Sembach, Germany Sept. 15-19. The teams kicked off the week-long training at Ramstein Air Base where they participated in a simulated mass casualty event during combat operations along with 120 Army and Air Force chaplains, and religious affairs support specialists including 45 chaplains from allied nations. (Photo Credit: Troy Darr) VIEW ORIGINAL [Link] 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption - U.S. Army NATO's three unit ministry teams consisting of (L to R) Sgt. Jessica Ramirez, Chap (Capt.) Warren Moore, Chap. (Maj.) Robert Cox, Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Corey, Chap. (Capt.) Ryan Wolford, and Sgt. James Graydon pause for a group photo during a week of training at Ramstein and Sembach, Germany Sept. 15-19. Ramirez and Moore are assigned to Allied Forces South Battalion in Naples, Italy. Cox and Corey are assigned to U.S. Army NATO in Sembach, and Wolford and Graydon are assigned to Allied Forces North Battalion in Casteau, Belgium. Each of the three teams is made up of a chaplain and a religious affairs support specialist. (Photo Credit: Troy Darr) VIEW ORIGINAL
SEMBACH, Germany - U.S. Army NATO's three unit ministry teams based in Belgium, Germany and Italy met in Germany Sept. 15-19 for a week of professional development.
Each of the teams is made up of a chaplain and a religious affairs support specialist.
The teams kicked off the week-long training at Ramstein Air Base where they participated in a simulated mass casualty event during combat operations along with 120 Army and Air Force chaplains, and religious affairs support specialists including 45 chaplains from allied nations.
"The training covered the continuity of religious support through large-scale, combat operations focusing on two specific areas, tactical or direct religious support to trauma victims in a MASCAL (mass casualty event) and rendering honors to the fallen," said Chap. (Maj.) Robert Cox, U.S. Army NATO command chaplain. "The assembled Chaplain also received a helpful update on the modernized plan, tactics, and techniques for mortuary affairs in LSCO conditions."
On Sept. 18-19, the teams met at Sembach Kaserne to continue training and planning for the future. Some of the highlights included meeting with the U.S. Army NATO staff principals to discuss how best to integrate religious affairs support operations with the commander's priorities, conducting an after-action review, and discussing individual professional development.
"The more enduring impact will be the relationships initiated or renewed between the Air Force and our UMTs (Unit Ministry Teams)," said Cox. "Those relationships enable joint religious support and set conditions for the command's ongoing efforts to improve religious support to families and service members."
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