Thoughts From Just Another Passer By

How do you come to terms with some things? I just finished a course and placement with the Royal Army Chaplaincy Department. I'm really saddened that my placement have come to an end. Some things shocked me though and I think mostly just through sheer ignorance and not enough understanding or connection with the Army. The average age of the people I met in the training regiment where between the age of my brother (17) and myself (19) although some were younger, and some were inevitably older. The infantry regiment I had the pleasure to spend some time with would be the rough age range of the younger end here at Cliff College. 18 to to 22, although again some were older.  However, the average age of a Chaplain, I think was more late 30's mostly within the 40's though. There are only 5 female chaplains within the RAChD, of about 150 Chaplains in total. Out of the infantry group that went on a recent tour, if I remember correctly lost five men on their tour. One of th...