What is encompassed in nurture the living?

• A. Leading worship in every unit ceremony
• B. Coordinating medical support for soldiers
• C. Developing and executing a RS plan that seeks to strengthen and sustain soldiers and family members
• D. Conducting religious rites and sacraments

Answer: (C)

Nurturing the living means providing proactive, sustained support that strengthens soldiers and their families, not just performing single events. A Religious Support plan is exactly about that: it’s a structured approach to develop and implement programs and services that bolster resilience, morale, and spiritual well-being across the unit and during deployments or transitions. This plan guides how chaplains coordinate counseling, family readiness, crisis response, ethical guidance, and community resources to sustain both service members and their loved ones over time.

By focusing on a plan that seeks to strengthen and sustain people, it captures the broader, ongoing nature of nurturing—the kind of comprehensive support that goes beyond worship services, rites, or medical coordination. The other options describe individual duties (ceremonial worship, medical coordination, rites) that are narrower in scope and don’t convey the full, sustained effort to nurture the living.