{"id":34616,"date":"2016-03-07T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=34616"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:52:39","slug":"usafa-ncls-transgenders-medals-of-honor-and-chick-fil-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/07\/usafa-ncls-transgenders-medals-of-honor-and-chick-fil-a\/","title":{"rendered":"USAFA NCLS: Transgenders, Medals of Honor, and Chick-fil-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Air Force Academy National Character and Leadership Symposium has become an annual Who&#8217;s Who of military and national celebrities &#8212; and rarely does it shy away from controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, attendees were able to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvent.com\/events\/2016-national-character-leadership-symposium\/speakers-855670bcf31e497eb08d1d520deb9461.aspx\">hear from<\/a>, among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aaron Belkin, <strong>homosexual advocate<\/strong>, speak on repealing the transgender ban<\/li>\n<li>Chaplain (MajGen) Dondi Costin, Air Force <strong>Chief of Chaplains<\/strong>, on &#8220;Go Pro or Go Home&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>US Army SSgt Salvatore Giunta, Medal of <!--more-->Honor Recipient, on &#8220;Teamwork, Leadership, Service &amp; Patriotism&#8221; (who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/air-force\/medal-of-honor-recipient-salvatore-giunta-mobbed-by-af-cadets-after-academy-talk-1.396493\">made the news<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Captain <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2011\/05\/26\/air-force-amputee-gets-his-wings\/\">Ryan McGuire<\/a>, a C-17 pilot who lost his leg before completing training, on &#8220;Resiliency Through Adversity: One-legged Flight&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>USAF SSgt <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2015\/09\/04\/paris-train-heroes-motivated-by-christian-faith\/\">Spencer Stone<\/a>, who received a Purple Heart for wounds received on a French train in August 2015 (Stone cited &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usafa.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/1487\/Article\/691382\/ncls-whats-your-go-spencer-moment.aspx\">divine intervention<\/a>&#8221; in the encounter)<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Dee Ann Turner, <strong>Vice President of Chick-fil-A<\/strong>, on &#8220;Creating a Compelling Culture Among Those You Lead&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quite the ideological spectrum.<\/p>\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 US Air Force Academy National Character and Leadership Symposium has become an annual Who&#8217;s Who of military and national celebrities &#8212; and rarely does it shy away from controversy. 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