{"id":44347,"date":"2019-05-17T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=44347"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:32:17","slug":"troops-pray-before-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/17\/troops-pray-before-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops Pray Before Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45996\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deployprayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deployprayer.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deployprayer-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deployprayer-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><em>Chaplain (Capt) Marc Lhowe of the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/5325647\/prayers-safety\">leads the unit in prayer<\/a> prior to their departure for Kosovo on May 5, 2019. The unit is deploying to Kosovo in support of peacekeeping operations in the region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>US Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class R.J. Lannom Jr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While some have <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/05\/future-ncmaf-president-endorses-hostile-view-of-chaplaincy\/\">complained<\/a> (rather <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/05\/future-ncmaf-president-endorses-hostile-view-of-chaplaincy\/\">loudly<\/a>) about pre-mission prayers, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines continue to <!--more-->participate in them and take courage from them.<\/p>\n<p>And <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> military religious freedom.<\/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>Chaplain (Capt) Marc Lhowe of the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, leads the unit in prayer prior to their departure for Kosovo on May 5, 2019. The unit is deploying to Kosovo in support of peacekeeping operations in the region. US Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class R.J. Lannom Jr While some have complained (rather loudly) about pre-mission [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[5284,79,6696,2,11,17,10,171,40],"class_list":["post-44347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-chaplain","tag-kosovo","tag-marc-lhowe","tag-military","tag-prayer","tag-religious-expression","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-tradition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44347","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=44347"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45997,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44347\/revisions\/45997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}