Chaplain - Now Hiring

Job Title: Chaplain Corps Officer
Category / Component: Officer • Both

Overview:
Provide spiritual care, counseling, and ethical leadership to Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and their families, supporting morale, readiness, and resilience across shore, afloat, and operational environments while protecting the free exercise of religion for all service members.

Key Responsibilities:
Deliver religious ministry consistent with your faith tradition, including worship services, rites, and pastoral care; facilitate for the religious needs of personnel from other faith groups; advise commanders on matters of religious needs, morale, ethics, and command climate; provide confidential counseling and crisis response; serve as staff or supervisory chaplain as you gain experience; contribute to the shared culture and standards of Professional Naval Chaplaincy.

What to Expect:
An initial three year active duty tour upon commissioning with the opportunity for continued service; working in a community from many cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds; helping service members and families build and maintain their moral and spiritual foundations; balancing professional ministry with the unique and demanding lifestyle of the military, including potential deployments and irregular hours.

Work Environment:
Navy Chaplains may be assigned to Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard commands. These may be on shore installations, aboard ships, and with operational units worldwide; leading worship in base chapels and afloat spaces; providing counseling, ethical advisement, and crisis support in offices, hospitals, field environments, and aboard ship; supporting ceremonies, memorials, humanitarian missions, and operational deployments, often with joint and multinational partners.

Pathways, Training & Advancement:
All Chaplain accessions begin their training at Officer Development School in Newport, Rhode Island; follow on training through the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center; career long professional development including leadership courses and opportunities for funded post graduate theological or related education; career eligibility is managed through Chaplain Corps boards that assess performance, potential, and endorsement status. Navy Officer selection boards determine promotions.
There are three paths for Navy Chaplains. Active Duty appointment as a Navy Chaplain for a defined initial term of service; part-time service in the Navy Reserve as a Chaplain while continuing civilian ministry, with monthly drills and annual training; or Chaplain Candidate Program pathway for students while enrolled in a qualifying graduate degree program, serving in the Individual Ready Reserve with training as your schedule permits while you prepare for future Active or Reserve service.

Qualifications:
Eligibility to serve in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, meeting medical, vision, and dental standards, including body composition and physical fitness requirements.
Meeting character and conduct standards, including background screening
Eligibility for a security clearance
United States citizenship; a bachelors degree and 72 semester hour graduate degree from an accredited college or university and a graduate level theological school or seminary; current ecclesiastical endorsement from a religious organization recognized by the Department of Defense; typically less than 42 years of age at accession, with waivers considered case by case; at least two years of full-time professional religious ministry experience is required and strongly preferred to take place after the graduate work.

Education:
Education benefits are available through standard Navy programs such as Tuition Assistance, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, ACE-recommended college credit for Navy training, Navy COOL-funded certifications, USMAP apprenticeships, and other Navy College Program opportunities. Specific options depend on the Sailor’s status, training, and current Navy policy.

Pay, Benefits & Service:
Pay, benefits, and service commitments follow standard Navy Active and/or Reserve policies for this type of role, including basic pay, allowances when eligible, health coverage, and retirement options. Exact entitlements, special pays, and service obligations depend on program, component, years of service, and current law and Navy guidance.

Incentives:
Incentives such as bonuses, special pays, and loan repayment may be available at times for specific ratings or communities, but they change frequently and cannot be guaranteed. Applicants must confirm current incentives and eligibility with an official Navy recruiter or authoritative Navy source.

Notes and Disclaimers:
This description is a general overview of typical duties, training, and opportunities in this community. It does not replace official Navy instructions, policies, or contracts and does not guarantee specific assignments, training, incentives, or outcomes. Actual opportunities depend on Navy needs, individual performance, screening results, and current law and policy.

This job requires military service with a contract as a Commissioned Officer in the Navy. The application is for a specific position within the Navy.

Job Title: Chaplain Corps Officer
Category / Component: Officer • Both

Overview:
Provide spiritual care, counseling, and ethical leadership to Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and their families, supporting morale, readiness, and resilience across shore, afloat, and operational environments while protecting the free exercise of religion for all service members.

Key Responsibilities:
Deliver religious ministry consistent with your faith tradition, including worship services, rites, and pastoral care; facilitate for the religious needs of personnel from other faith groups; advise commanders on matters of religious needs, morale, ethics, and command climate; provide confidential counseling and crisis response; serve as staff or supervisory chaplain as you gain experience; contribute to the shared culture and standards of Professional Naval Chaplaincy.

What to Expect:
An initial three year active duty tour upon commissioning with the opportunity for continued service; working in a community from many cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds; helping service members and families build and maintain their moral and spiritual foundations; balancing professional ministry with the unique and demanding lifestyle of the military, including potential deployments and irregular hours.

Work Environment:
Navy Chaplains may be assigned to Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard commands. These may be on shore installations, aboard ships, and with operational units worldwide; leading worship in base chapels and afloat spaces; providing counseling, ethical advisement, and crisis support in offices, hospitals, field environments, and aboard ship; supporting ceremonies, memorials, humanitarian missions, and operational deployments, often with joint and multinational partners.

Pathways, Training & Advancement:
All Chaplain accessions begin their training at Officer Development School in Newport, Rhode Island; follow on training through the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center; career long professional development including leadership courses and opportunities for funded post graduate theological or related education; career eligibility is managed through Chaplain Corps boards that assess performance, potential, and endorsement status. Navy Officer selection boards determine promotions.
There are three paths for Navy Chaplains. Active Duty appointment as a Navy Chaplain for a defined initial term of service; part-time service in the Navy Reserve as a Chaplain while continuing civilian ministry, with monthly drills and annual training; or Chaplain Candidate Program pathway for students while enrolled in a qualifying graduate degree program, serving in the Individual Ready Reserve with training as your schedule permits while you prepare for future Active or Reserve service.

Qualifications:
Eligibility to serve in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, meeting medical, vision, and dental standards, including body composition and physical fitness requirements.
Meeting character and conduct standards, including background screening
Eligibility for a security clearance
United States citizenship; a bachelors degree and 72 semester hour graduate degree from an accredited college or university and a graduate level theological school or seminary; current ecclesiastical endorsement from a religious organization recognized by the Department of Defense; typically less than 42 years of age at accession, with waivers considered case by case; at least two years of full-time professional religious ministry experience is required and strongly preferred to take place after the graduate work.

Education:
Education benefits are available through standard Navy programs such as Tuition Assistance, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, ACE-recommended college credit for Navy training, Navy COOL-funded certifications, USMAP apprenticeships, and other Navy College Program opportunities. Specific options depend on the Sailor’s status, training, and current Navy policy.

Pay, Benefits & Service:
Pay, benefits, and service commitments follow standard Navy Active and/or Reserve policies for this type of role, including basic pay, allowances when eligible, health coverage, and retirement options. Exact entitlements, special pays, and service obligations depend on program, component, years of service, and current law and Navy guidance.

Incentives:
Incentives such as bonuses, special pays, and loan repayment may be available at times for specific ratings or communities, but they change frequently and cannot be guaranteed. Applicants must confirm current incentives and eligibility with an official Navy recruiter or authoritative Navy source.

Notes and Disclaimers:
This description is a general overview of typical duties, training, and opportunities in this community. It does not replace official Navy instructions, policies, or contracts and does not guarantee specific assignments, training, incentives, or outcomes. Actual opportunities depend on Navy needs, individual performance, screening results, and current law and policy.

This job requires military service with a contract as a Commissioned Officer in the Navy. The application is for a specific position within the Navy.

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