Educational Benefits for Military Auxiliaries

[sanantone]

The faith list has expanded to 221 - wonder if that opens any opportunties

Cool! I'm going to have to investigate.

Somehow I'm thinking many of these won't pass muster on the Chaplain path.  Funny story: When I was in the army (1987ish), one of my cohorts was able to get his dog tags changed to say, "Religion: Cthuluhu".  I couldn't believe he got away with it.  Things have changed over the last 30 years

It looks like the humanists already have themselves organized to start endorsing people for military chaplaincy. They're the main ones who have been fighting for recognition. Everyone still needs to earn an MDiv or related degree of at least 72 credit hours.

72 credit hours is a tall order.  Thanks for the addl research

I think Nations University would be the cheapest option, and it's self-paced, but that is a very long program. They might give someone a waiver if they have at least five years of ministry experience, I believe.

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I've been meaning to add this. I heard that U.S. Coast Guard auxiliarists can take some online IT-related courses that are ACE-approved. I don't know what they are. I looked at the ACE Military Guide and couldn't find any Coast Guard courses labeled as online, correspondence, web, distance, or the like.