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  providing occasional worship events such as revivals, liturgical or holy day observances, religious festivals,
  sacred practices, and spiritual fitness events.
  ADMINISTRATION OF REQUIRED RELIGIOUS RITES
  1-19. Administration of required religious rites, sacraments, and ordinances includes officiating at events
  such as baptisms and presiding at obligatory religious celebrations (such as the Roman Catholic Eucharist,
  Protestant Communion, Jewish Passover, or Muslim Eid al-Fitr).
  PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING
  1-20. Provision of pastoral care and counseling includes crisis intervention (stress management, fear, grief,
  or trauma); visitation at hospitals, medical treatment facilities, and confinement facilities; prevention and
  intervention of suicidal behavior; and counseling for religious formation and spiritual direction. Such
  counseling always upholds the Service member’s right to privileged communication with chaplains and
  religious affairs specialists. (See Military Rule of Evidence 503 in the Manual for Courts Martial for more
  details on privileged communication.)
  TEACHING AND MANAGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
  1-21. Teaching and management of religious education includes the oversight and teaching of unit religious
  education programs, catechetical or confirmation classes, and chapel groups.
  FAMILY-LIFE MINISTRY (DIVISION OR ESC)
  1-22. Family-life ministry includes providing professional development training, personal counseling for
  deployed UMTs and Service members, and resourcing chaplain sections and UMTs for the execution of RS
  functions and tasks during deployment.
  PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT TO THE COMMANDER AND STAFF
  1-23. Provision of professional support to the commander and staff includes forming and maintaining
  professional staff relationships that facilitate the RS mission, as well as personal counsel with commanders
  and leaders on critical decisions. Integration into staff processes and advisement on religion, ethics, morals,
  and morale both fall under the chaplain’s role as a professional military religious advisor.
  MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND FUNDS
  1-24. Management and administration of personnel, facilities, and funds is necessary the RS mission. It
  includes overseeing real property (such as chapels), volunteers and distinctive religious group leaders, and,
  if applicable, safely receiving, disbursing, and accounting for appropriated and non-appropriated funds
  associated with the command master religious plan.
  SOLDIER AND LEADER ENGAGEMENTS WITH LOCAL OR HOST-NATION RELIGIOUS
  LEADERS
  1-25. Soldier and leader engagements with local or host-nation religious leaders is within the chaplain section
  or UMT capability of professional military religious advisor and is executed by specific order from the
  commander. Together with the unit staff, more specifically the information operations officer or information
  operations working group, the UMT synchronizes the Soldier and leader engagements with the unit mission
  in order to build mutual trust, promote human rights, and develop appropriate command relationships within
  an operational area. At no time shall chaplains compromise their noncombatant status provided to them by
  the Law of War during the accomplishment of this function. (See ATP 1-05.03 for detailed information on
  the chaplain section or UMT’s role in Soldier and leader engagements.)