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56A Command and Unit Chaplain

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Overview

A Command and Unit Chaplain provides religious coverage for a parent organization and other organizations and units. The chaplain serves in staff, deputy staff, or assistant roles and supervises chaplains and staff who provide religious programs for the organization and military community.

Core Skills

  • Religious coverage across multiple organizations
  • Community needs-based religious program oversight

Civilian Career Paths

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Clergy

Providing religious coverage for military units and their communities transfers directly to organizing religious services in a civilian faith community.

How to prepare: Ask a target congregation or religious employer to review your ministerial standing and education against its appointment and credentialing requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Pray and promote spirituality.
  • Prepare and deliver sermons or other talks.
  • Organize and lead regular religious services.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Event scheduling software

Directors, Religious Activities and Education

Supervising chaplains and staff in a community-focused religious program transfers to directing congregational religious activities.

How to prepare: Build a sample congregational program plan that translates your military program oversight into religious education offerings, staffing assignments, and an events calendar.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop or direct study courses or religious education programs within congregations.
  • Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.
  • Schedule special events, such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Office software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 56A Command and Unit Chaplain

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 56A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Religious coverage across multiple organizations, Community needs-based religious program oversight, Clergy (O*NET 21-2011.00), Directors, Religious Activities and Education (O*NET 21-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Clergy

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Clergy (O*NET 21-2011.00)

  3. O*NET: Directors, Religious Activities and Education

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Directors, Religious Activities and Education (O*NET 21-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 56A

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