{"id":43505,"date":"2018-08-16T00:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T03:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=43505"},"modified":"2021-04-01T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:42:01","slug":"chaplain-blesses-the-vipers-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/16\/chaplain-blesses-the-vipers-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplain Blesses the Vipers in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46086\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>At Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, US Air Force Chaplain (Capt) Dariusz Barna prayed with the ground and flight crews of South Dakota Air National Guard F-16s &#8212; and then sprinkled <!--more-->a little holy water on them:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46087\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing2-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/viperblessing2-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To some, one cup of water is no holier than another.\u00a0 But if that&#8217;s how this chaplain and his Airmen choose to exercise their religious liberty, more the better.<\/p>\n<p>Just don&#8217;t tell Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein, or he might issue a press release demanding these Vipers be rinsed off with non-sectarian Perrier to avoid offending the\u00a0terrorists being sent to the afterlife by these\u00a0&#8220;Jesus Jets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/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>At Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, US Air Force Chaplain (Capt) Dariusz Barna prayed with the ground and flight crews of South Dakota Air National Guard F-16s &#8212; 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