Army Officer Violates Orders During Military Prayer
Or so he says:
According to his public statements, US Army Captain Miles Cone was in “violation of orders from a superior officer” during the benediction at his June 8 graduation from Read more
Chaplains Report on Turmoil, or Lack Thereof, post-DADT Repeal
The Associated Press interviewed a small sampling of chaplains and chaplain endorsers in an apparent attempt to assess the impact of open service by homosexuals following last year’s repeal of the policy best known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
One interesting subject was Chaplain (Col) Timothy Wagoner, a Southern Baptist who attended the recent controversial same-sex union ceremony held in a military chapel to show his “support.”
“As a Southern Baptist, why was I here? I was here to lend support,” Wagoner said. “I was here supporting Airman Umali. I’ve worked with him. He’s a comrade in arms.”
“I’m also supporting Chaplain Reeb,” he said. “She gave a beautiful ceremony.” Read more
Professor Offended by SEAL Training Targets of Islamic Women
Omid Safi, a Professor of Islamic Studies at UNC Chapel Hill, took issue with a recent story about Navy SEAL training and the realistic mock-ups they use — which included mosques and paper targets of hijab-wearing women. From Read more
Air Force Atheists Report ChristianFighterPilot.com as Hate Speech
It seems an Air Force Airman was upset that he was unable to access an atheist blog while he was on duty. To try to prove he was experiencing discrimination, he apparently tried to access ChristianFighterPilot.com from the same government computer and was successful. He couldn’t have that:
The “contractor” is largely an automated filtering system that frequently stirs debate over the sites it blocks and allows. Many blogs are blocked simply Read more
Virginia F-18 Crash Caused by Rare Double-Engine Failure
The US Navy has long relied on two-engine aircraft because, when you’re flying only over blue water, it likes the reassuring backup of a second engine. (The acceptance of the single-engine F-35 was a significant event.)
Unfortunately, sometimes two engines haven’t been enough, as with the F/A-18 Hornet crash last April in Virginia. The recently released report says both engines failed shortly after takeoff: Read more
Secretive X-37B Ends 15 Month Space Mission
On June 16th the Air Force’s X-37B unmanned spaceplane landed at Vandenberg AFB, California.
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, one of two such vehicles, spent 469 days in orbit to conduct on-orbit experiments, primarily checkout of the vehicle itself…
Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B Read more
Air Force Independence Day Message Skips over Creator
The US Air Force leadership issued an Independence Day message that, while a worthy effort at marking the July 4th celebration, skipped over a rather important part of the Declaration of Independence [emphasis added]: Read more
Activists Celebrate Same Sex Ceremony at McGuire AFB
Following the homosexual non-marital “private religious ceremony” in a military chapel at Fort Polk, which raised complaints due to Louisiana’s state laws regarding marriage, an Air Force Tech Sergeant entered a “civil union” in a military chapel on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Dozens of friends and family members attended Saturday afternoon’s ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Erwynn Umali and Will Behrens. It was presided over by Kay Reeb, a Navy chaplain with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America…
Chaplain Reeb’s denomination accepts homosexual Read more