WEBVTT 00:01.329 --> 00:02.877 - [Man] Okay sir, can you tell me your name, 00:02.877 --> 00:06.325 unit and title and then what you do at training. 00:06.325 --> 00:09.158 - I'm Chaplain Captain Derek Moser 00:09.397 --> 00:10.341 and I'm the chaplain 00:10.341 --> 00:14.508 with the 254th Combat Operational Stress Control Detachment. 00:16.718 --> 00:17.551 So, 00:18.902 --> 00:22.145 I am the religious support aspect 00:22.145 --> 00:26.312 of the Combat and Operational Stress Control Mission. 00:28.402 --> 00:30.365 - [Man] How do you think what you've learnt here today 00:30.365 --> 00:32.189 will help you back at your unit 00:32.189 --> 00:34.856 and help you with your soldiers? 00:35.468 --> 00:39.135 - One of the aspects of IREST 00:39.382 --> 00:43.215 is that it helps people, soldiers, 00:43.837 --> 00:44.837 to identify, 00:45.169 --> 00:47.919 to connect and maybe to reconnect 00:48.330 --> 00:51.056 with what's most important to them. 00:51.056 --> 00:52.870 And that's interesting to me 00:52.870 --> 00:54.787 because, as a chaplain, 00:57.111 --> 01:01.278 for many people, the thing that is most important to them 01:03.007 --> 01:05.243 has a spiritual base to it. 01:05.243 --> 01:06.967 It may have to do with their faith, 01:06.967 --> 01:09.015 it may have to do with what they believe 01:09.015 --> 01:11.765 and so, helping people to connect 01:12.213 --> 01:13.976 or if they've been through trauma, 01:13.976 --> 01:16.455 often that can cause them to disconnect 01:16.455 --> 01:19.088 from what's most important to them 01:19.088 --> 01:23.255 and maybe their faith or the spiritual part of them 01:24.107 --> 01:27.256 and so, finding a way to help them to reconnect 01:27.256 --> 01:30.756 with that is important to me as a chaplain 01:32.424 --> 01:35.757 and IREST, that is 01:37.287 --> 01:39.395 providing a means 01:39.395 --> 01:41.062 by which to do that. 01:41.576 --> 01:42.775 - [Man] How exactly does it do that? 01:42.775 --> 01:44.692 What, by means, what do you mean? 01:44.692 --> 01:47.942 - Yeah, so one of the aspects of it is, 01:50.656 --> 01:51.610 I can't remember the term, 01:51.610 --> 01:54.720 so let me find the term and then I'll. 01:54.720 --> 01:58.470 So, the IREST term for it is heartfelt desire 01:58.803 --> 02:02.553 and it encourages people 02:03.102 --> 02:05.607 to take some time 02:05.607 --> 02:08.274 to just focus on, to think about 02:08.701 --> 02:12.118 what it is that is their greatest desire, 02:13.029 --> 02:16.035 what it is that is most important to them 02:16.035 --> 02:19.882 and to get down to that base of where they find 02:19.882 --> 02:23.132 that inner resource that sustains them. 02:23.341 --> 02:27.091 And for many people, that base, 02:27.565 --> 02:30.958 that inner resource, has a spiritual connection to it 02:30.958 --> 02:32.430 and so, that's exciting to me 02:32.430 --> 02:34.263 because as a chaplain, 02:34.759 --> 02:37.176 I want to help people connect 02:37.870 --> 02:40.055 with that spiritual part of them 02:40.055 --> 02:42.646 or to reconnect with it if that's something 02:42.646 --> 02:45.795 that they've lost as a result of the experiences 02:45.795 --> 02:47.212 that they've had. 02:47.833 --> 02:50.052 - [Man] How did you get involved in the course? 02:50.052 --> 02:51.866 How did you find out about it 02:51.866 --> 02:54.547 or I guess, how'd you sign up for it? 02:54.547 --> 02:57.118 - What my commander told me that I should come. 02:57.118 --> 02:59.701 (Derek laughs) 02:59.743 --> 03:01.416 - [Man] Alright, it's a good a reason as ever. 03:01.416 --> 03:03.526 (Derek laughs) 03:03.526 --> 03:07.526 Did you have anything else you wanted to add to? 03:07.910 --> 03:09.327 - No, not really. 03:09.918 --> 03:10.751 (Derek laughs) 03:10.751 --> 03:11.584 Is that okay?