Last week, a question was posed about whether a Chaplain’s sermon in Afghanistan was a violation of military rules. The background, and links to the video, can be seen here.
So, did the Chaplain, as the accusers imply, violate military regulations due to the content of his sermon?
The shortest, most accurate answer: Read more
The culture of the Air Force is in many ways like high school. Fighter pilots are the jocks, the cool kids who rule the campus. And drone pilots? They’re the AV club.
As has been frequently said here (and as described in the book), the stereotype is that Air Force fighter pilots are the glorious rulers of the Air Force. A Stars and Stripes article says that the Air Force cultural dominance of the fighter pilot may be at an end, just as the dominance of strategic nuclear bombers passed on to fighters decades ago.
While the dominance of the fighter pilot may be fading in some people’s estimation, the cultural stereotype lives on: Read more
The first test version of the F-35B, the STOVL version for the Marines, arrived at the US Navy flight test facility at Patuxent River this weekend. The aircraft is built with the lift fans that will allow vertical flight, but it is not production representative; it was built specifically for the test program and includes equipment and sensors that will not be in the operational version of the JSF. Lockheed has yet to deliver any F-35A or C versions, for the Air Force and Navy, respectively, though one AF version flew for the first time last Saturday.
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Unfortunately, a second report simultaneously came out Read more
The Navy has recovered a body from the wreckage of a crashed T-34, which is likely that of the remaining missing pilot.
As the national intrigue continues into the events leading up to the massacre at Fort Hood, one question generating interest even at the Congressional level is why no one ever said anything about Hasan’s ‘militant’ behavior or statements. Reports indicate that fellow medical students did complain, but no official reports were lodged because no one wanted to be viewed as prejudiced against a Muslim.
Michael Weinstein, of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “doesn’t believe” those medical students, for a very specific reason: Read more
Groups and individuals (and there are several) who have recently proposed banning Muslims from serving in the US military as a result of the Fort Hood massacre are demonstrating naivete and an incorrect understanding of both the military and the US Constitution.
No American citizen should be prohibited from any government role, including military service, purely because of his religious beliefs.
Besides being ludicrous on its face, the enforcement of such a religious ban Read more
The US Navy says it has located the wreckage from the T-34C that vanished from radar three weeks ago. The body of one pilot, Lt. Bret Travis Miller, was previously found in the gulf. The Navy is not able to immediately raise the wreckage, so it is unclear if the body of the second pilot, Lt. John Joseph Houston, is on board.
A national contemporary Christian radio station and Christian music group Big Daddy Weave are teaming up to provide for needy military families this Christmas.
The campaign is inspired by a song on Big Daddy Weave’s 2009 Christmas album Christ is Come. Called I’ll Be Brave This Christmas, it is sung from the perspective of a little boy who wishes not for presents, but for the safety and return of his father deployed to war. The song, which will likely be an emotional one for those with men and women in uniform this Christmas, can be heard on the music player on Big Daddy Weave’s website and previewed on Amazon’s sale page for the album.
K-Love is a national radio station that has long sponsored a “Wall of Prayer” for Read more