Military Chaplains and Your Career Career vs. Careerism

Overview What is careerism? How does a chaplain manage his career? What are evaluation reports? What about physical fitness? How to stay in contact with your endorser? Questions?

What is Careerism? Has military professionalism be superseded by careerism? Do we promote an up or out system? Do we promote a system that shuns creativity and promotes zero failure Compete ruthlessly with one another (careerism)

What is a Career Path? Enter armed forces as a CPT or LT. Stay CPT for 8-9 years before promotion to Major. Five to Six until primary zone for LTC Five to Six year primary zone for COL Military operates by year groups.

How does a chaplain manage his own career Manage your own career. Army: Officer Evaluations Reports (OERs) Navy: Performance Evaluations (Fit Rep) Air Force: Officer Performance Reports

Physical Fitness? Army: It is used to measure a your physical strengths, abilities, and cardio-respiratory fitness. You are required to pass the Basic Training APFT to graduate boot camp and continue on to Advance Infantry Training. The three PFT events are two minutes of push-ups, two minutes of sit-ups, and a timed 2-mile run. Navy: The Physical Readiness Test (PRT) is a standard Navy fitness test consisting of push-ups, curl-ups (sit-ups) and a 1.5-mile run. Participants have two minutes to complete as many push-ups as possible and two minutes to complete as many curl-ups as possible. The 1.5-mile run is also timed. Air Force: Has similar requirements as Navy and Army

Your Endorser Strong desire to help chaplains Can provide career counseling Help with issues concerning prejudice, etc. Requires reports Requires attendance at annual chaplain training. During career will do one or two site visits. Interested in your career

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