European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes August 1977 god and stories by Geouge Eberl stall writer former pro football gnat and Christian activist Hay Berry a asked How he reconciled the violence of the sport with pc Sun teachings of the a Baltimore Call when i Knock a Man on his t Knock him on his can for the glory of some observers Sec today military chaplain As one who aces the same daily ministering to the religious needs of those trained to kill albeit in de sense of i heir some a question entering on Iho constitutional separation Church and stale should taxpayers finance a uni formed clergy More than priests and rabbis attend to the religious needs of approximately a Hal million americans in including service men and their dependents and civilian sup port this chaplain is charged with ministering to about 1300 a Large order Given the array of personal problems common to members of widely scattered military communities among essentially alien societies of its chaplains Lii la the totals change Usa eur expects to have 275 chaplains by including 2m 65 Catholic priests and seven i Sarks latest figures show 108 Active duty chaplains plus 33 civilian ministers and Dunning the uniform wiring the Cross or Tablet Symbol of the chaplain makes chaplain Elo Bort a Usa eur Hui Linn chaplain headquartered at Itam Stem until his return to the estimated slate Side ministerial pay at in annual clergy opting Tor military careers enter Iho Sun vice As guaranteeing a minimum slur tank income of Mure than plus allowances jacking tin begin Ning Salii re up above a ranking aspect in the minus of some people is this must ministers in the Are paid by their churches or sch Niina Lional those in the service Are salaried by the taxpayer argues the is contrary to in separation o Church and iut several including Stan Usah Euil Deputy chief of said this question has been argued Many limes in Lac past in Legisla Tive not just preachers Marker claims that chaplains perform Many functions within Iho military Community that go beyond spiritual  conflicts Are Almust nonexistent As chaplains of a full Range of Chris Ian and jewish persuasions serve on equally diverse const chaplains downplay economic emphasizing the responsibility to offer Timsic in uniform the same religious Aid and guidance that would be available in civil Ian a feature of the military minis by strongly appealing to newly arrived Chap Lains is the quickness with which they can get into their freed of Many of the fundraising dures often robbing a stateside ministers reconcile Christian Chanty ministry to men defending nation he chaplain a Able o plunge into counselling and other Contact work with his uniformed but Porter an Indi rated the int All preaches and where funding is concerned in the have to fight Tor your he Brooks said he attends staff meetings and it is up to him to make commanders aware of his Peoples material needs Els Well As to represent service personnel religious interests chaplain Thomas newly arrived Catholic priest for addressed directly the question o ministering to those in uniform who May be called upon to kill in defense of his or her i cant gee my Job As motivating men to he Brooks and lutheran chaplain William Fletcher believe the chaplains role is to serve americans who happen to be in assigned to defend their chaplain i Henry fans Media Clergyman who recently resumed to everybody needs to god loves them it must be the sol Diers chaplain Harold a rabbi moving from Heidelberg to finds no incongruity in a military minis it is part of the Judaism in tradition to Honor and defend my coun he and America is my it is very in his Lith year As a Chap demonstrates that ecumenism or denominational cooperation is a Strong feature of the vie said that de spite his own jewish orthodox Back he has had to become More Eclectic in his Outlook although he was speaking in terms of an conscientious objector involves the chaplain a conscientious objector in uniform in Fri Tribly involves a the conscientious an individual strongly to killing or generally must base his objection on a Depty held religious or philosophical Chap Lains although u is the individual u commander Whu finally decides in any for reassignment or spa ration from the chaplain will bulk with the Dait Nurt in a the churl Iii tests the sunken to of Hie objectors when the com Man Dur he May take Init us count inc appraisal and insights chaplains say it int As much ill an Issue in especially with Kimlun Lear forces and i Lack of Hus Tilliy toward the orthodox jew serving Bellow jews from the conservative and reformed branches of the he said that like his Coho lie and protestant is called he recalled that when he was in training in he was the Only Cler Gyman it happened thai passover and easter he was asked to de liver the easier Sunrise services a novel chore for a he there is a shortage of Catholic priests in the but this is a worldwide prob Lem not just a military Lisafe has private contracts out to supplement and Usa eur also where for Lay assistance infill in what ways does military chaplaincy differ Tram a civilian ministry in the opinions Brooks in Heidelberg Doest think Itie differences arc profound the counselling he about the while Downs generally agreed with he did remark that the frequent moving in the military is different and a but Fletcher said while 11 is Tough to lose someone after a rapport has been built up and problems Are finally being brought into he that the Trust and communications youve developed makes it easier for a person to try again to find someone to the Heidelberg Trio also agreed that military locks Are generally much younger than civilian congregations in the and that team ministries Are More Many service women View chaplains As military t Bureau chiefs Floyd de Hill and Dan Ify Novic scoured the Kotti Stuttgart and i Nurnberg areas in learn How military per Tunnel View Chap How do service men and women Sec chaplains kindly As part of the air Force Lloyal Safe no Academy instructor in Kai thinks of chaplains As Mili tary because Wear the rank with their army 1st Kevin Fitzgerald in Baum Holder recalled hearing an army Insl Ruc tur say a chaplains first obligation was to the then to the admitting he didst know if u worked out that Fitzgerald it is enough to make Ine those Ive known seem to be command with one if i hair first obligation a to their then i Cyd Beli Cuer off outside the Milf 1 think they should be i co Michael Orr at Stuttgart 1alch Barracks finds chaplains More understanding because arc in the at the same t think i would rather they not be in uniform be cause so Many of them do not set a Good example t i saluting and John Kocke in Grafen Wuhr praised the chaplains role in boosting they Are in the Field with this sol making the time spent in the Field by the troops a Lilllie although it was nearly unanimous that chaplains Are opinions were split Over the question of whether they should be civilian or air Force s Scott with 7uth computer services out of Neu Briick Doest think it makes that much Dif Ference Ive never yet sew a chaplain pull so i dont think that a Yeoman Hubert Thompson of Stuttgart said chaplains just didst seem military to Uliey were More open much easier to talk to than the other offi at the same i think i would profit that they be i find it easier to talk to civilians than to military because of my some of them consider  More As officers and Arent As sympathetic to enlisted several service members Felt the need for chaplains was More pronounced in where language and custom limit attend anti at Church services off Post there is a definite requirement for Reli Gion of some Fitzgerald if the army Doest Supply who does with few it was thought chaplains counselling was the most important service they said Pullman 1 think the Young marrieds Lake their problems to f mover but 1 think that As a last they go u the again that because of a tear of the co George Daniel at Patch bar Racks military chaplains Are like other officers in that Are trying to get that next stripe1 do not feel that a military chaplain is More understanding in All my years of i have not seen any military enlisted there what do they know about enlisted men and their problems As offi they gel caught up in the Normal offi cer they have a Boss they dont dare upset because he writes their efficiency Marine Patricia Aoa Laday remembered that my first experience Wilh military chaplains was during Boot where the people who did go to Chapel were loaded on the Back of trucks and shuttled there and Back those who didst wish to attend sennas wound up on detail we wire encouraged to attend and i think that coloured my Pat married to Paul Moon Whu is stationed at responded to the question of whether the military should have chaplains very its such a Rotten world we need to keep As Ntuli Reli Fisun in it As we possibly