1 00:00:00,419 --> 00:00:02,641 All right . I am Chaplain Major Timothy 2 00:00:02,641 --> 00:00:05,050 Dahlstrom . I'm with the 446 Airlift 3 00:00:05,059 --> 00:00:07,170 Wing and I'm the deputy wing chaplain 4 00:00:07,170 --> 00:00:10,109 there . So the chaplain candidate 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,100 program is an opportunity for 6 00:00:12,109 --> 00:00:14,331 candidates , uh , second lieutenants to 7 00:00:14,331 --> 00:00:16,659 come in and just get a quick overview 8 00:00:16,670 --> 00:00:18,726 of what the chaplain corps is , uh , 9 00:00:18,726 --> 00:00:21,610 what we offer as chaplains and just to 10 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:24,479 run through and , and kind of see the , 11 00:00:24,489 --> 00:00:27,469 the basics of how we operate within the 12 00:00:27,479 --> 00:00:29,701 military . It's also an opportunity for 13 00:00:29,701 --> 00:00:32,220 us to step in as , as chaplains , as 14 00:00:32,229 --> 00:00:34,799 leaders here and evaluate them and see 15 00:00:34,810 --> 00:00:37,032 if they're a good fit for the program . 16 00:00:37,032 --> 00:00:39,088 We're here to care for the spiritual 17 00:00:39,088 --> 00:00:41,310 lives of airmen and their families more 18 00:00:41,319 --> 00:00:43,430 than anyone thinks possible . So that 19 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:47,220 to push as far as we can to provide for 20 00:00:47,229 --> 00:00:49,396 our airmen to ensure that they're able 21 00:00:49,396 --> 00:00:51,507 to accomplish the mission this week . 22 00:00:51,507 --> 00:00:53,507 They're , they're really getting an 23 00:00:53,507 --> 00:00:55,729 overview of what it would be like to be 24 00:00:55,729 --> 00:00:57,840 in a deployed environment in a combat 25 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,173 environment to figure out how we fit in , 26 00:01:00,340 --> 00:01:03,540 in the middle of , I'll say chaos in 27 00:01:03,549 --> 00:01:06,150 the middle of living in , in 28 00:01:06,610 --> 00:01:09,360 barracks , in the middle of nowhere in 29 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:11,639 the mud the dirt hiking in the heat 30 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:14,290 riding and all the different vehicles 31 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:17,610 that we tend to operate , going through 32 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,029 combat scenarios as non combatants and 33 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,699 figuring out how do we embed ourselves 34 00:01:23,709 --> 00:01:25,980 into the middle of , of war , into the 35 00:01:25,989 --> 00:01:28,419 middle of the mission and help others 36 00:01:28,430 --> 00:01:30,541 accomplish everything that's ahead of 37 00:01:30,541 --> 00:01:33,019 them . We have a wildly relevant career 38 00:01:33,029 --> 00:01:35,251 field in the midst of combat . I mean , 39 00:01:35,251 --> 00:01:37,690 I've deployed , I walked through a lot 40 00:01:37,699 --> 00:01:40,019 in this career and I've , I started as 41 00:01:40,029 --> 00:01:42,196 a chaplain candidate . And so I walked 42 00:01:42,196 --> 00:01:44,307 through this program and got to learn 43 00:01:44,307 --> 00:01:46,720 the basics , the bare bones of what we 44 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:49,830 do . And I've seen first hand how in 45 00:01:49,839 --> 00:01:51,910 the middle of the chaos , we get to 46 00:01:51,919 --> 00:01:54,260 step in and be that calm face , that 47 00:01:54,269 --> 00:01:56,047 reminder that , you know , when 48 00:01:56,047 --> 00:01:58,449 everything is not ok , it will be ok . 49 00:01:58,639 --> 00:02:01,620 But the fight is spiritual as well as 50 00:02:01,629 --> 00:02:03,629 our airmen walk through and wrestle 51 00:02:03,629 --> 00:02:05,796 with matters of faith in the of all of 52 00:02:05,796 --> 00:02:07,907 what they face . They encouraged me . 53 00:02:07,959 --> 00:02:10,250 They seemed excited to be out there 54 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:12,979 working hard and as a leader here , 55 00:02:12,990 --> 00:02:15,212 that's what I want to see . That's what 56 00:02:15,212 --> 00:02:17,212 excites me because these are people 57 00:02:17,212 --> 00:02:19,268 that will be serving alongside me in 58 00:02:19,268 --> 00:02:21,434 the future . I want them to be excited 59 00:02:21,434 --> 00:02:23,546 about anything that comes their way . 60 00:02:23,546 --> 00:02:25,490 And so our job is to help them get 61 00:02:25,490 --> 00:02:23,979 there .