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I'm chaplain Chuck Gilbertson , the

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Deputy for plans and operations at CF .

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So the chaplaincy for us and for me

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specifically has been an opportunity to

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get out and to bring my faith to

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soldiers , but also to help all of the

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soldiers in our community to practice

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their faith in accordance with their

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beliefs . So being in Africa and

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meeting with our partners here in

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Lusaka and with the South African

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development community has really

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provided us an opportunity to see how

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they are exercising their free exercise

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of religion in different contexts that

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we might not otherwise understand from

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a Western mindset . So I joined the

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chaplaincy and uh I had been a prior

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service infantry officer . And when I

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was raising my first three Children

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came to know the Lord in a , in a

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different way , in a saving way . And

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my faith went from a act of practice

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to an act of worship . And I found that

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there was a great need for spiritual

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leadership to help the , the moral

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spiritual development of soldiers . Uh

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because our , our military community is ,

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is very complex and the moral and

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ethical challenges that our soldiers

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face will really put them to the test

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and they need someone to help , provide

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guidance , someone to help answer the

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greater questions about life . And what

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is truly right ? What is truly wrong ,

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how to wrestle with the bigger

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questions of , is it right to take

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another life ? So this has really been

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a very rewarding career for me .