{"id":36948,"date":"2016-10-12T00:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=36948"},"modified":"2016-10-12T01:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T04:05:13","slug":"us-forces-celebrate-st-michels-day-with-jump-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/12\/us-forces-celebrate-st-michels-day-with-jump-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"US Forces Celebrate St Michel’s Day with Jump, Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"

US, French, and Djiboutian paratroopers recently celebrated St. Michel, the patron saint of paratroopers. The event was no small affair<\/a>, beginning with a jump and ending with a Catholic Mass:<\/p>\n

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The airborne forces began the celebration with <\/p>\n

a static line and a high-altitude low opening (HALO), or free fall, jump at a nearby drop zone. Following the jump, participants attended a mass at the French air base to honor St. Michel and a ceremony where several American jumpers were awarded French jump wings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s an interesting multicultural military experience, and one with explicit religious overtones as an official part of the US military operation.<\/p>\n

Kind of makes you wonder why such a situation doesn’t warrant the scandalous outrage as does, say, a Bible sitting\u00a0on someone’s desk<\/a>. Perhaps Chris Rodda approves of this<\/em> kind of Catholic Christian proselytizing, and that makes it alright.<\/p>\n

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