Mission Chaplain Course
This course is not open to cadet participants.
The Chaplain Emergency Services School at NESA (ChESS) is for all Chaplain Corps personnel (Chaplains/CDI’s) who desire to make the commitment to respond to and support the missions in which CAP will be engaged. This course involves extensive classroom curriculum, hands-on exercises, interactive tabletop scenarios, and field training.
There will be two one-week courses offered at the ChESS, both for the CAP Mission Chaplain (MC)/Chaplain Support Specialist (CSS) CAP Support (CS) Rating (MC/CSS – CS). The CAP support rating will be the first week and the Disaster support rating will be the second week.
Chaplain Support Specialist
| Current Prerequisites for this Course | |
| Description | Requirement |
| Minimum Age | current senior member |
| Required before start of event | GES |
| Required before start of event | IS-100 |
| Required before start of event | IS-200 |
| Required before start of event | IS-700 |
| Required before start of event | appointment as a Character Development Instructor |
Mission Chaplain
| Current Prerequisites for this Course | |
| Description | Requirement |
| Minimum Age | current senior member |
| Required before start of event | GES |
| Required before start of event | IS-100 |
| Required before start of event | IS-200 |
| Required before start of event | IS-700 |
| Required before start of event | appointment as a CAP Chaplain |
The courses for the MC/CSS – CS Rating include:
Introduction to the Chaplain Support Team (CST) Concept
Duties of the Mission Chaplain (MC)
Duties of the Chaplain Support Specialist (CSS)
Mission Preparedness
Mission Reporting
Spiritual Resiliency
Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Deployment Procedures for the Chaplain Support Team
CAP Tabletop Exercise (TTX)
FEMA Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX)
Field Training Exercise
Disaster Support rating
| Current Prerequisites for this Course | |
| Description | Requirement |
| Minimum Age | current senior member |
| Required before start of event | IS-248 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System for the American Public |
| Required before start of event | IS-405 Overview to Mass Care |
| Required before start of event | IS-505 Religious And Cultural Literacy and Competency in Disaster |
The courses for Disaster Support are being taught week 2 include:
Traumatic Events Management
Pastoral Care in Mass Casualty Situations
The Goals of Pastor Care in Crisis Intervention
Psychological First Aid-Advanced
Overview of JG-1-05, Religious Affairs in Joint Operations
