Faith of the Traveling Chaplain
A Bagram-based Chaplain “travels the base” — including working alternating day/night weeks — to make sure every Airman is “spiritually fit.” Chaplain (Capt) Myung Cho and his Chaplain Assistant, Staff...
View ArticleDoD: Playboy, Penthouse Acceptable, not Indecent
Given the scandal over sexual assault in the US military right now, it may surprise some to learn that the DoD is defending its continued sale of pornography on military facilities. Last month,...
View ArticleChristianity and the Just War Tradition
Though the US Air Force once withdrew a short lesson on Just War theory under criticism, the concept itself remains both valid and required knowledge for members of the modern military. As an ROTC...
View ArticleUS Military Articles Highlight Only Minority Faiths
While the majority of US troops reportedly ascribe to some form of Christianity, Department of Defense press releases on the faiths of US troops might make some people think otherwise. The vast...
View ArticleRep Excoriates Obama, Weinstein on Religious Freedom
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) published a lengthy and very strongly worded column that summed up what he called “Obama’s War on Religion in the Ranks.” If Army chaplain Emil Kapaun served in...
View ArticleUS Military Chaplain Museum Seeks Modern Memories
A local article from the South Carolina paper The State, reprinted at Stars and Stripes, highlighted the Fort Jackson, SC, US Army Chaplain’s Museum. The U.S. Army Chaplains Museum at Fort Jackson has...
View ArticleAttack Pilots Save Ambushed Soldiers
A Bagram Air Base press release highlights the derring-do of two A-10 pilots who “save[d] 60 Soldiers during [a] convoy ambush.” The pilots continued to fire 30 mm rounds, but the enemy force refused...
View ArticleReport: F-16 Pilot Flew into Afghan Mountain
The Air Force Times reports on the Air Force investigation that determined Capt James Steel was flying visually when he impacted a mountain during his recovery to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in April...
View ArticleChaplain Messenger of Hope in Christ to US Military
An official Army article highlights US Army Chaplain (Capt) Samuel Rico, currently deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Chaplain Rico says his motivation is simple: It’s his faith: “My motivation is,...
View ArticleArmy Enlisted Leader Promotes Character over Competence
The Stars and Stripes reports on comments by SgtMaj of the Army Raymond Chandler, who took the time in Afghanistan to tell troops that being a Soldier of character was more important than being a...
View ArticleUS Military Brings Yoga, Comedy to Afghanistan
The Department of Defense announced that “Soul-dier Boot Camp” was brought to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, as part of Armed Forces Entertainment: Soul-dier Boot Camp is a yoga-inspired,...
View ArticleMilitary Atheists Target Fellow Religious Troops. Again.
In what appears to be a trend, a few atheist members of the US military seem to have taken on a “militant” practice of their faith — by aggressively going after their fellow religious troops. In May...
View ArticleInfidel Knives Join Pork-Laced Ammo
When Bryan Bates was a US Marine, he and his peers took the “infidel” insult thrown at them and reversed it as a badge of honor: That’s the word local extremists used to refer to Bates and his fellow...
View ArticleWorld War II Vet Recalls Preaching to Japanese
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, repeated in the Stars and Stripes, documents a recent local Honor Flight that had just returned from helping World War II vets see the World War II memorial in...
View ArticleFlightline Chapel Serves Airman in Afghanistan
An Air Force article highlights the opening of the first US Air Force Chapel on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The location chosen for the most recent worship space was specific: The non-denominational...
View ArticleCongressman Bridenstine on Military Religious Freedom
Congressman Jim Bridenstine (R-Ok), on the recent controversies regarding “So Help Me God” at the US Air Force Academy: “As a Navy pilot with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, I know firsthand the...
View ArticleChris Rodda, the Government Funded Piano, and the Torah
A few days ago, Michael “Mikey” Weinstein’s MRFF research assistant, Chris Rodda, mocked the purchase of an $88,000 Steinway piano for a Fort Riley chapel in a little-noticed piece at the Huffington...
View ArticleThe Duck Dynasty Visits Troops in Afghanistan
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey was accompanied by (or perhaps accompanied) the members of “Duck Dynasty” on a trip to Kandahar, Afghanistan. General Dempsey was...
View Article2008 USAFA Grad Killed in Afghanistan
Update: Capt Lyon was honored at his return to Peterson AFB before his funeral at New Life Church in Colorado Springs and his burial at the US Air Force Academy. US Air Force Capt David Lyon — a 2008...
View Article“Faith Has No Uniform”: Islamic Advisor Visits US Marines
Asim Hafiz, an Imam and religious advisor to the British Ministry of Defence, recently visited Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, and took the time to meet with Islamic US Marines. While the entire event...
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