Harrier Crashes in Arizona, Pilot Ejects
A US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier out of Yuma, AZ, crashed just south of Phoenix on Friday: Read more
A US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier out of Yuma, AZ, crashed just south of Phoenix on Friday: Read more
Chaplains (Cmdr) John Owen shows the contents of a chaplain field kit to Republic of Korea Marine Corps chaplains…(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Manning)
A group of US military chaplains exchanged ideas with their Korean counterparts during MEFEX 14 in South Korea. The article notes that the Koreans have chaplains, too, but apparently are most comfortable in the chapel setting. They were interested in learning how the US chaplains performed ministry in the field: Read more
An official Marine Corps article highlights the service of Chaplain (LtCmdr) Matthew Berrens:
“I joined the military because I feel service members come in contact with dangerous situations more than the civilian side of ministry,” said Berrens…“I wanted to be able to help people at the source.”
Chaplain Berrens describes how his role as a chaplain helps accomplish the military mission: Read more
The US Marine Corps has identified the pilot who was killed in the crash of his F/A-18C Hornet March 1st:
Captain Reid B. Nannen, 32, of Hopedale, Ill…died March 1 from injuries resulting from an F/A-18C Hornet crash on the Fallon Range Training Complex, approximately 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.
The reports also indicate Capt Nannen — “Eeyore” — was a TopGun Read more
Update: The Navy announced the pilot died in the crash. The name of the pilot has been withheld until 24 hours after notification of next-of-kin.
A US Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet crashed on Saturday while supporting the Naval Strike and Warfare Center “Top Gun” course.
The Navy has issued several releases since then on the follow-up:
Initial reports from the scene indicate the aircraft is a total loss. It took Navy personnel several hours to reach the crash site as it was located in remote, rugged, mountainous terrain…
The reports say they are “continuing to search” for the pilot. Having located the aircraft, that is not a good omen.
Also at the Marine Corps Times, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, and the Stars and Stripes.
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Asim Hafiz, an Imam and religious advisor to the British Ministry of Defence, recently visited Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, and took the time to meet with Islamic US Marines.
While the entire event is very benign, the comments in the article actually highlighted a very basic concept behind the importance of faith in the military and the service of military chaplains:
“Anytime you meet another Muslim it’s exciting,” said Master Sgt. Anetra Cargile…“It’s like meeting someone from Read more
Michael “Mikey” Weinstein has frequently claimed that the public acknowledgement of Christians in the US military — as when a group of US Marines was baptized on a California beach — has provided propaganda and motivation for America’s extremist Islamic adversaries. As has been noted before, Weinstein’s claim has no basis in fact; Osama bin Laden railed against America’s support for Israel far more than he did any presence of Christianity in the US military.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, was recently able to release a “rambling manifesto” (available here) that mentions many things, which might have given him the opportunity to indicate the motivation behind his alleged personal planning of the attack on 9/11. While the document is addressed to the “crusaders of the military commissions” and Mohammed once refers to “crusader Soldiers,” as before, this word does not seem to be a religious attribution. In fact, Mohammed seems to claim the opposite: The evil of the Western world is its atheism and immorality: Read more
Names for the F-35, the latest “joint service” aircraft: