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"In conflict regions military commanders are challenged with a complex architecture of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and international foreign humanitarian assistance mechanisms. Many humanitarian actors intersect in the battlespace seeking to alleviate human suffering, promote peace, and stability amidst competing interests. In conducting humanitarian action (HA) within conflict zones or following major disasters, commanders require subject matter experts who can efficiently communicate and coordinate action with humanitarian actors such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs, United States Agency for International Development, and various NGOs and IGOs. Department of Defense chaplains could significantly enhance national objectives by providing humanitarian Liaison Officer (LNO) capabilities to commanders at each level of military operations. Military commanders must work to coordinate movement and economy of effort with the various agencies who are often reluctant to meet with military forces for fear of compromising their image of neutrality. Commanders seeking to work effectively with humanitarian actors need a resource who understands the culture, mission, and values of the humanitarian space within the operational environment. Contemporary analysis on the subject lays a solid framework for the discussion of chaplains as LNO’s in humanitarian assistance operations. As the commander’s religious representative, chaplains may provide liaison to religious leaders, IGOs, NGOs, local civilian and military leaders, institutions, and organizations to the extent that those contacts relate to the religious or humanitarian purposes as approved by the commander. Current utilization as liaison is very limited and typically occurs on the tactical level. Chaplains must complete 72 hours of post-graduate work in relevant subjects, followed by two years training in a humanitarian organization before commissioning. Furthermore, chaplains possess unique protections not afforded to other officers, making them ideal for selection to provide liaison with humanitarian actors. Currently, DOD civil-affairs teams are the commander’s lead military agent in civilmilitary humanitarian action, yet lack representatives specifically qualified for work with humanitarian and religious groups. In the humanitarian space, various actors and government agencies bring distinctive capabilities and limitations in providing humanitarian action. Humanitarian liaison officers offer to provide requisite coordination and deconfliction in the humanitarian space. Military chaplains are the superlative candidate for this role. Military chaplains can significantly enable strategic objectives as LNOs to humanitarian actors at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels."--Abstract.
Based on extensive in-depth interviews with more than thirty active duty chaplains regarding their successes, failures and conflicts, the book is about the way military chaplains handle religious diversity among the enlisted they serve and within their own corps.
This is the first of a series of functional volumes on the Marine Corps' participation in the Vietnam War, which will complement the 10-volume operational and chronological series also underway. This particular history examines the role of the Navy chaplain serving with Marines, a vital partnership of fighting man and man of God which has been an integral part of the history of the Marine Corps since its inception.