Field Marine Force Chaplains
Embarkation Equipment and Supplies
If assigned to the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), you
may be required to have on hand certain ecclesiastical
items and supplies in addition to those contained in the
chaplains combat or field kits. To acquire supplies and
equipment you and your chaplain will need, use the
normal Navy and Marine Corps supply channels. Place
any additional material you will need in mountout
boxes. Mountout boxes must be kept ever ready for use
to support you and the chaplain when you embark
aboard ship with FMF or CB units. Readiness requires
that you foresee, order, and receive the needed
ecclesiastical as well as administrative materials well in
advance of deployments. Readiness for expected and
unexpected deployments cannot be overemphasized.
You must anticipate materials you and your chaplain
will need for holy days, other religious events, and
periods of religious significance that occur during
deployment.
The Marine Corps requires some additional
ecclesiastical items and supplies for use with FMF units
under field and combat conditions. The information in
table 6-2 is based upon the anticipated needs of a
chaplain for a 30-day emergency combat period. The
ecclesiastical items and supplies that you should keep
ready in a mountout box for chaplains preparing to
embark on ships are listed in this table.
There is no longer a requirement for a 60-day block
of supplies because of the Marine Air Ground Task
Force (MAGTF) operational deployment block that
now accompanies all MAGTFs when they deploy. An
explanation of the operational deployment block, the
procedures for its use, and the requirement for 30-days
combat supplies for chaplains is explained in the
Operational Handbook, Religious Ministries in the
Table 6-2.Standard 30-Day Mountout Box Material for Chaplains
ITEM
QUANTITY
Wine, bottles, sacramental
2
Wine, bottles, kosher
1
Juice, packets, grape
6
Altar breads, cans, small (300s)
6
Altar breads, cans, large (50s)
2
Hymnals
24
New Testaments (20 TEV, 20 REV, 20 KJV)
60
Bibles (4 KJV, 4 RSV, 6 Jerusalem/New American)
14
Scriptures, Jewish
2
Prayer Books, Jewish
7
Yarmulkahs
8
Sunday Missal
1
Rosaries
100
Medals, cruciform
100
Candles, votive (10 hours)
24
Book of Mormon
2
Quran
2
Bulletins, memorial
500
SOP, command copy
1
Command lay reader resource book
6
Note: This table reflects the standardized mountout material required by FMF chaplains as these
requirements appear in the Operational Handbook, Religious Ministries in the FMF.
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