{"id":40305,"date":"2017-03-21T00:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T03:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40305"},"modified":"2017-03-31T01:03:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T04:03:56","slug":"report-bgen-kristin-goodwin-newest-usafa-commandant-first-homosexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/21\/report-bgen-kristin-goodwin-newest-usafa-commandant-first-homosexual\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: BGen Kristin Goodwin Newest USAFA Commandant, First Homosexual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">UPDATE<\/span><\/strong>: Now covered at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/breaking-lesbian-with-wife-and-two-kids-selected-to-lead-u.s.-air-force-aca\">LifeSite news<\/a>, with commentary by USAFA graduate and former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/span>: Now covered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/articles\/bomber-pilot-picked-to-be-the-air-force-academys-commandant-of-cadets\">Air Force Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/warisboring.com\/the-first-openly-gay-u-s-air-force-academy-commandant-8f36bcefac31#.r55jpc638\">War is Boring<\/a>, and by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usafa.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/1487\/Article\/1128457\/superintendent-hosts-state-of-usafa-forum.aspx\">US Air Force Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40307\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kristingoodwin93-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kristingoodwin93-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kristingoodwin93.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Springs Independent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csindy.com\/IndyBlog\/archives\/2017\/03\/20\/new-female-afa-commandant-moving-here-soon-with-her-wife\">has reported<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csindy.com\/TheWire\/archives\/2017\/03\/20\/new-female-afa-commandant-moving-here-soon-with-her-wife\">updated link<\/a>] the US Air Force Academy announced BGen(S) Kristin Goodwin would be the incoming Commandant of Cadets, replacing BGen Stephen Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein found out about it and was miffed at USAFA for not making a bigger deal about it, and he said he was &#8220;thrilled&#8221; &#8212; all because Col Goodwin is a homosexual.<\/p>\n<p>Col Goodwin has been in the news <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outsmartmagazine.com\/2015\/09\/reflecting-on-the-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-four-years-later\/\">for years<\/a>, and it has been widely reported that she has a &#8220;wife and two children&#8221;.\u00a0 She would\u00a0be only the second female USAFA Commandant.\u00a0 Col Goodwin is a B-2\/B-52 pilot and has been a wing commander &#8212; where her somewhat unique take on unit priorities was &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/2668\/Article\/760738\/people-mission-pride-a-lasting-legacy.aspx\">people, mission, <em>pride<\/em><\/a><em>&#8220;.<\/em>\u00a0 She is also a USAFA &#8217;93 graduate.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, USAFA reportedly made the announcement without mentioning her sexual practices &#8212; a fairly rare occurrence and one sure to be &#8220;corrected&#8221; once the news hits the mainstream press.<\/p>\n<p>Col Goodwin&#8217;s promotion to <!--more-->Brigadier General (a prerequisite for the position) was only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Releases\/News-Release-View\/Article\/1112376\/general-officer-announcements\">announced last week<\/a>, as well, and her formal selection to the Commandant position has not yet been officially publicized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\"><\/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>UPDATE: Now covered at LifeSite news, with commentary by USAFA graduate and former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt. UPDATE: Now covered at the Air Force Times, War is Boring, and by the US Air Force Academy. The Colorado Springs Independent has reported [updated link] the US Air Force Academy announced BGen(S) Kristin Goodwin would be the incoming Commandant of Cadets, replacing [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[645,442,6176,85,2,5218,7,4766,65],"class_list":["post-40305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-academies","tag-commandant","tag-homosexual","tag-kristin-goodwin","tag-mikey-weinstein","tag-military","tag-military-religious-freedom-foundation","tag-mrff","tag-stephen-williams","tag-usafa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}