1. Chaplain Captain Career Course (C4) Overview

2. C4 Overview: Purpose & Scope
Purpose: The Chaplain Captains Career Course (C4) broadens the Battalion Chaplain’s understanding of Army organizations, operations and procedures. Course content focuses on the integration of 21st Century Leader Competencies and the Chaplain Corps’ two core capabilities to provide religious support and to advise the commander on the impact of religion in a battalion level staff or at brigade staff level.
Scope: Advanced skills and knowledge supporting the performance of critical tasks for battalion and brigade chaplain staff officer responsibilities. Trains leadership, ethics, administration, staff supervision of ministry in the military environment, combat and tactical functions, appropriated and non-appropriated funds management, and branch technical and common core tasks.
Team:
Course Manager: CH (MAJ) Dan Hardin
Developers: CH (MAJ ) Virginia Emery and Mrs. Phyllis White
SGLs: CH (MAJ) John Ijeoma, CH (MAJ) Brad Tripp, CH (MAJ) Dan Kersey

3. C4 Overview: 17-002 Ends (Educational Outcomes)
Produce a competent mid-to-senior grade captain chaplain, ready to assume increased
responsibility, characterized by the ability to:
Demonstrate excellent presence (confidence & resilience)
Possess the attributes of a critical thinker, sound judgment and innovation
Prioritizes limited resources to accomplish mission
Demonstrate the ability to take calculated risks
Proactive in developing others through individual coaching counseling and mentoring
Actively learns to master organizational level knowledge, critical thinking and visioning skills
Anticipates and provides for subordinates needs for training and development
Effectively communicates information and recommendations across echelons
Demonstrate the ability to effectively solve or adapt to complex problems and changing environment
Synthesize the elements of Religious Support in a JIIM environment
Demonstrate proficiency in communication (oral and written)
Demonstrate the ability to direct religious support at Task Force/brigade level
Model the Army (LDRSHIP) and Chaplain Corps (SACRED) Values
Develop subordinate UMTs through teaching, coaching, mentoring.
Develop and model a Life-long learner approach to the profession of arms and spiritual leadership
Demonstrate the ability to manage collegial differences in a respectful, firm and fair manner
Lead others in developing spiritual resiliency
Understand the importance of networking in Task Force/JIIM environment
Demonstrate the ability to build cohesive Unit Ministry Teams
Build support of the strategic vision
Demonstrate the ability to advise the Commander
Examine and analyze the effects of religion, culture, and worldview in the AO.
Demonstrate proficiency in counseling (pastoral and career)
Comprehends the lawful basis of the chaplaincy and the strategic implications for religious support; secures the future of the chaplaincy.

4. C4 Overview: Common Core Modules and Lessons
Leadership
Leader Development Doctrine
Think Critically and Creatively
Analyze the Variables to Creating a Positive and Ethical Climate
Applying Moral Processing
Military Professionalism and the Civilian-Military Relationship
Write Effectively
Staff Communications
Engage the Media
Lead in Organizations
Establish and Exert Influence
Counseling
Battalion Command Leadership Panel
Brigade UMT Leadership Panel
Leadership Essentials
Military Justice for Leaders
Operational Contract Support
Property Management in the COE
Provide Support to Unit Maintenance Operations
Commander's Programs
Resiliency For Mid-Grade Leaders
Unified Land Operations
Doctrine Foundations
Stability Operations
Tactical Logistics
Fundamentals of Offensive Operations
Defensive Operations
Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)/Civil Support (CS)
Joint Operations
Joint Operations; Roles, Capabilities, Limitations
Army Special Operations Forces
Law of Armed Conflict in Unified Land Operations
Operations
Fundamentals of the Operations Process
The Command Post Organization and Operations
The Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)
Rehearsals and Fragmentary Orders
The Rapid Decisionmaking and Synchronization Process
Mission Command
Fundamentals of Mission Command
Mission Command Warfighting Function
Mission Command Staff Tasks
The Art of Command and Science of Control
Discuss TLP
Capabilities & Limitations of Brigade Combat Teams
Framing the Operational Environment
Training
Unit Training Management
Unit Training Management II
Unit Training Management III
Across Culture
Culture and Its Impact on Military Operations
Cross-Cultural Skill Building
Cross-Cultural Negotiations

5. C4 Overview: Branch Technical Modules and Lessons
Homiletics
Worship Practicum
Advanced Sacred Communication: Pastoral Presence
Analyze Elements of Sacred Communications
Advanced Sacred Communication: Evaluation and Feedback
Advanced Sacred Communications: Funerals and Memorials
Religious Advisement
External Advisement: Soldier Leader Engagement
Internal Advisement and Diversity Training (Religious Accommodation)
Models for Interreligious Understanding
Pastoral Skills
Supervision and Training of Pastoral Counselors
Emotional Intelligence and Advanced Empathy
UMT Assessments
BH Systems Introduction
RS for Operational Stress
Pastoral Identity and Philosophy of Ministry
Getting Past the Affair
Couples Collaborative Therapy
Resource Management
25 Lessons that cover the policies, systems, ethics, management and oversight of the use of Appropriated and Non-Appropriated Funds to resource and provide for religious support in the Army.
Religious Support Operations
RS Operations
Lawful Authority
Proponency
CDID/RS Integration
Professional Development
SGL Mentorship
Chaplain Career Management (DACH PER)
Professional Development with Commandant and Senior Leaders
IPRT in Branch Phases
Punctuation, Grammar, and Citation
OER Considerations for Chaplains
Conflict Management/Resolution
Ethical and Moral Leadership
Supervising Moral Leadership Training
Ethical and Moral Leadership of the Chaplain
Just War Theory (JWT)
Chaplain as Ethical and Moral Advisor
APET Course
Soldiers Ethical Worldview
Military History Operations
History Staff Ride
Historical Battle Analysis

6. Chaplain Captains Career Course Reserve Component (C4 RC) Overview

7. C4 RC Overview: Purpose, Scope and Team
Purpose: To train chaplains in the grade of Captain and above in the skills and knowledges supporting effective and efficient performance of critical chaplain religious leadership and Battalion and Brigade- level staff officer duties. Scope: Advanced skills and knowledges supporting the performance of critical tasks for battalion and brigade chaplain staff officer responsibilities. Trains leadership, ethics, administration, staff supervision of ministry in the military environment, combat and tactical functions, appropriated and non appropriated funds management, and branch technical and common core tasks. This Distributed Learning Phase 1 is web based training delivered through Blackboard. Phase 2 is scenario-driven Small Group Instruction conducted in residence at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School. Target Audience: Reserve Component Chaplains in the rank of captain, with 3-5 years of experience. C4 RC Phase 1 Team: CH (MAJ) Emery, Course Manager, Developer Ms. May Barr, Student Management Technician C4 RC Phase 2 Team: CH (MAJ) Emery, Course Manager, Developer, Instructor CH (MAJ) Paul Weberg (IMA) SGL, Instructor Mrs. Phyllis White, Developer

8. C4 RC Overview: Phase 1: Modules and Lessons (Distributed Learning)
Leadership and Ethics
Write effectively.
Army Leader Development Doctrine
Developing Leaders: Counseling
The OER System
Resiliency for mid-grade Leaders
Think Creatively and Critically
Conflict Management
Soldier 2020: Gender Integration
Analyze the Variables to Creating a Positive and Ethical Climate
Military Ethics and the Chaplain
Staff and Operations
Staff Officer Briefings
Unit Ministry Team Training Management
Fundamentals of Doctrine and Operations
Foundations of ULO
Decisive Action: offense
Decisive Action: defense
Decisive Action: Stability
Decisive Action: DSCA
Tactical Logistics
Joint Operations
Mission Command
Command Post Organization and Operations
The MDMP
Framing the Operational Environment
The Law of Armed Conflict
Religious Support
Lawful Authority of the Chaplain
The Non-Combatant Status of the Chaplain
Pastoral Skills
Confidential Communication
Basic Supervision of Pastoral Counselors
Emotional Intelligence and Advanced Empathy
Across Cultures
Culture and its Impact on Military Operations

9. C4 RC Overview: Phase 2 Modules and Lessons (Residence)
Leadership Module
The Army OER System
Army Writing
Staff Officer Briefing
Army Leadership Doctrine
Small Group Formation and Professional Development
Critical Thinking
Developing Leaders: Counseling, Coaching, Mentoring
Army Professional Ethic
Moral and Ethical Leadership
Personnel Management DACH
Pastoral Skills
Emotional Intelligence & Advanced Empathy
Sacred Communication
Religious Support
Lawful Authority of the Army Chaplaincy
Religious Support: Homeland Defense/Defense Support to Civil Authority
Simulations Exercise
Across Cultures Module
External Advisement
Internal Advisement: Religious Accommodation
RAA & RIA
Extend and Exert Influence
Staff and Operations
Historical Battle Analysis
Staff Ride, Camden SC
Mission Command and Knowledge Management
Oversee UMT Training Management
Resource Management