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Yeah , The Navy Chaplain Corps started

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in 1775 and has since continued to

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expand and evolve into what it is today .

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Navy chaplains currently provide

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religious mentorship and services to

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more than 100 faith groups , corporal

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MEREDITH Brown takes us to forward

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operating based Geronimo where two

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chaplains work to care for their

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marines and sailors in a deployed

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environment where communication with

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loved ones at home is at times nearly

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impossible . Chaplains play a unique

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role in the lives of their marines and

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sailors facilitate provide care advise

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I facilitate everybody's ability to

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worship . I provide for my own faith ,

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I care for everybody uh and advise

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being that voice up and down the chain

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of command , the individual marines to

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on up to the battalion commander . The

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role of a chaplain is constantly

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changing . They work closely with the

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marines and sailors on the ground to

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ensure they have everything they need .

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And oftentimes spend hours talking with

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their troops ensuring the morale of the

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unit is as high as possible and it's a

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bond it's hard to describe . Uh huh .

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But it's through the relationships and

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I think that's the best part about it

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is when someone that you never thought

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whatever talk to you just come to see

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you got a second and that's when I know

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I'm like yeah it works . Yeah , that's

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why I'm here and that's why the Marine

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corps keeps me that poor if

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chaplains continued to serve in times

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of war and peace carrying on the

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mission of the Navy chaplain corps

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serving God America and America see

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services reporting from ford operating

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based Geronimo . I'm corporal MEREDITH

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Brown . Mhm .

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Yeah ,

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yeah .