{"id":21118,"date":"2013-01-21T03:20:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=21118"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:57:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:57:05","slug":"air-force-welfare-sweep-nets-porn-nose-art-religious-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/21\/air-force-welfare-sweep-nets-porn-nose-art-religious-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Welfare Sweep Nets Porn, Nose Art, Religious Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force released the results of the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/air-force-welfare-inspection-nets-uso-photos-bible\/\">&#8220;health and welfare&#8221; inspection<\/a> ordered by Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/07\/gen-welsh-orders-air-force-health-and-welfare-inspection\/\">in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Air Force found 631 instances of pornography&#8230;; 3,987 instances of unprofessional material&#8230;; and 27,598 instances of inappropriate or offensive items&#8230; In total, 32,216 items were reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Air Force even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foia.af.mil\/shared\/media\/document\/AFD-130118-015.pdf\">published the entire list<\/a>, if you&#8217;re keen on seeing 61 pages of small font of every item confiscated, removed, or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2013\/01\/FRIDAY-air-force-health-inspection-new-011813w\/\">media articles<\/a> have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/air-force-sweep-finds-thousands-of-inappropriate-items-including-pornography-1.204422\">already picked up<\/a> on the things like <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/02\/maxim-magazine-tightens-aim-at-military-audience\/\"><em>Maxim <\/em>magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/air-force-welfare-inspection-nets-uso-photos-bible\/\">nose art<\/a>,\u00a0and PG-13 movies on the list.\u00a0 A few &#8212; mostly fighter pilots &#8212; will pick up on the mermaid-handled mugs that were removed.\u00a0 Fewer will notice the Air Force actually had to <em>order new parts <\/em>for aircraft to replace &#8220;offensive&#8221; painted panels.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder how many people will pick up on these:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Unprofessional&#8221; &#8212; 1 <strong>Religious photo<\/strong>, Workplace Common Area: Removed<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Inappropriate\/Offensive&#8221; &#8212; 1 <strong>Religious themed movie<\/strong>, Workplace Com. Area: Removed<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Inappropriate\/Offensive&#8221; &#8212; 2 <strong>Religious books<\/strong>, Workplace Common Area: Removed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ironically, the inspection results\u00a0inspired a couple of interesting accusatory comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The religious zealots went out and found everything offensive and the careerists looking to score some brownie points went overboard&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>You can tell the puritanical religious nuts were leading some of these searches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The inspectors may have been motivated by something, but its unlikely it was &#8220;religious zealotry.&#8221;\u00a0 For the record, the article described &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; as &#8220;suggestive&#8221; and &#8220;unprofessional&#8221; as &#8220;discrimination, professional appearance.&#8221;\u00a0 According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123333057\">official Air Force article<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The purpose of the inspection was to reinforce expectations for the workplace environment, correct deficiencies, and deter conditions that may be detrimental to good order and discipline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force released the results of the &#8220;health and welfare&#8221; inspection ordered by Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh in December. 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