Posted by MAJ Todd Yosick and Dr. Jeff Rhodes
, Resilience and Prevention Directorate
on August 31, 2009
Every year the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps holds training for its chaplains and religious program specialists (RPs), who support chaplains. The training aims to equip chaplains and RPs with knowledge and skills to assist leadership in identifying and assisting Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel affected by combat and operational stress. The Navy Chaplain Corps encourages all chaplains and RPs to attend this course. The recent 2009 Professional Development and Training Course (PDTC), "Combat Operational Stress Control for Caregivers: The Family Dynamic," built on the foundation provided during the 2008 PDTC, “Combat Operational Stress Control for the Caregiver.” This year’s PDTC targeted other care-providing communities in the Navy and Marine Corps that support Sailors and Marines, such as Marine Corps Community Service mental health counselors, Navy medical corps officers and corpsmen, Marine Corps family readiness officers, Navy ombudsmen, and other care-providers in programs designed ...
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