Education and Training Opportunities

Chaplain Corps Education and Training Opportunities

CHAPLAIN CORPS COLLEGE COURSES

Created in 2021, the Civil Air Patrol Chaplain Corps College (CAPCCC) is a blended education center that provides standardized career education and academic materials for the entire Chaplain Corps, supported by key partnerships with the Air Force Chaplain Corps College, the Air University, and the Office of the Air Force Chief of Chaplains, highlighting its vital role in professional development. With the support and assistance of our Total Force partners, the CAPCCC was created as a seamless augmentation of the Department of Defense assets by the CAP Chaplain Corps.

CAPCCC College Catalog 2026-2027

CAPCCC_CY2026 Calendar

The Chaplain Corps College course email is Registrar.capccc@hc.cap.gov

Please contact Chaplain (Maj.) Lin Berez at hct@hc.cap.gov to obtain Chaplain Corps email address if you don't have one s you will be required to have one to complete a Chaplain Corps College course.

CHAPLAIN CORPS REGIONAL STAFF COLLEGES (CCRSC)

NORTH CENTRAL REGION will be April 20-24, 2026 at Camp Dodge Iowa. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jeffrey Williams is the Director. Register in Registration zone in January

CHAPLAIN CORPS EMERGENCY SERVICE SCHOOL (ChESS)

ChESS Basic Virtual Training Course (VTC)

OCTOBER 5- OCTOBER 29, 2026 (REGISTRATION OPENS 8/1/26)

Meets Mon/Tues/Thurs 19:00-22:00 EASTERN

Registration for the Chess Basic Virtual Training Course will be in Registration Zone opening on the dates listed. Applicants must meet the requirements listed below at the time of registration. For questions, contact ChESS Registrar Chaplain (Lt.Col.) Van Don Williams

Information about the October ChESS Basic Virtual Training Course (VTC) prerequisites and registration may be found at this link

All CAP Chaplain Corps Emergency Services Training Programs and Prerequisite are found at this link

Please contact Chaplain (Maj.) Lin Berez at hct@hc.cap.gov to obtain Chaplain Corps email address. It will be required to have to complete ChESS.

Center for Religion Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership (CREEL)

The Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership, which at the heart is a think-tank for bringing these areas together and creating new resources. As part of the broader Chaplain Corps and the Chaplain Corps College, it is fitting that religion or faith is a centerpiece, but it is also important to articulate that we welcome all faiths and those who are not actively practicing a faith tradition.

Ethics is fitting as we strive to apply faith and leadership to a broad range of issues in the ever-changing landscape of our role in the Air Force Total Force arena.

Excellence as a way of living and working that we continue to strive to the very highest ideals of our cherished values that guide our nation and the armed forces and our core values of the Air Force Auxiliary.

Leadership is central in all we do, but more importantly servant leadership is that which best fits our role as we serve others in the broader organization and together, we serve our community and our country.

We aim to offer a range of articles on these and other topics as part of the Chaplain Corps College. There is lots of room to grow as the landscape, and indeed, the skies and the expanse of space become areas of service with issues as old as time and as new as the latest technology. Publication of an article in many cases does not presume that it represents an oﬀicial view of the Air Force or Air Force Auxiliary.

Welcome as we push forward learning and growing together.

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Theodore “TJ” Jenney - Editor and Chief and Director of CREEL (the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership)

Clearance: The Journal for the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership

ON-LINE TRAINING LEADERS OF CADETS (TLC)

Format: A fully online, self-paced pathway to TLC credit. Participants complete 10 online modules and receive TLC credit. Course is located in Absorb.
More information at https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/programs/cadets/cpofficer/tlc

Chaplain Corps members attending the Regional Staff Colleges
receive the best education and training to support CAP missions.
(Picture of NCR CCRSC)