Tag Archive - Department of Defense

Defense Department issues Koran hazmat guidance

By 3 March 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Defense Department issues Koran hazmat guidance - HUMAN EVENTS

Defense Department issues Koran hazmat guidance – HUMAN EVENTShttp://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=49860Military blogger Blackfive got a copy of the new Defense Department “Quran Distribution Guidance” memo, issued by Command Chaplain Eric J. Albertson in the wake of the Koran-burning incident in Afghanistan.  Dated February 22, two days after the Korans were burned at Bagram Air Base and violent riots began, the memo treats the Koran like a hazardous material… which only Muslim soldiers will be allowed to touch.

Pentagon official apologizes for Quran burning

By 27 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Pentagon official apologizes for Quran burning  | ajc.com

Pentagon official apologizes for Quran burning  | ajc.comhttp://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-official-apologizes-for-1361466.htmlSTERLING, Va. — A senior Pentagon official apologized Friday to Washington-area Muslims for the burning of Qurans at a military base in Afghanistan.

Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asia and Pacific security affairs, said the military is investigating what occurred and that all 140,000 coalition troops in Afghanistan are being retrained in the handling of religious materials.

Navy sued over manipulation of ‘gay’ data

By 24 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Navy sued over manipulation of ‘gay’ data

Navy sued over manipulation of ‘gay’ datahttp://www.wnd.com/2012/02/navy-sued-over-manipulation-of-gay-data/A federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Navy over the manipulation of “gay” data used to convince Congress to overturn the centuries-old ban in the U.S. military on open homosexuality.

The manipulation of the data was confirmed by the government itself, which in an inspector general’s report marked “For Official Use Only” said numbers were combined to present the image that members of the military approved of Barack Obama’s plan for open homosexuality.

It was the military’s original and now-suspect report that famously was quoted as affirming “70 percent” of the nation’s military members believe the repeal of the long-standing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” practice of allowing homosexuals to serve as long as they kept their sexual lifestyle choices to themselves would have either “a neutral or positive impact on unit cohesion, readiness, effectiveness and morale.”

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space

By 20 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.comhttp://www.tennessean.com/article/20111219/NEWS06/312030086/Fort-Campbell-soldiers-eager-for-new-worship-spaceThere’s no cross on the steeple of the new 39,800-square-foot chapel under construction at Fort Campbell. No stained glass windows. No crescent or Star of David or symbol of any other religion.

But there will be comfortable seats and a state- of-the-art sound and projection system. And people of all faiths — from Wiccans to Christians — are welcome.

“You try to accommodate as many faith groups as possible,” said Col. Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell. “That’s what these chapels are designed for, to be multifaith and multiuse.”

Retired chaplain says veterans of Iraq war may grapple with ‘moral injury’

By 18 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Retired chaplain says veterans of Iraq war may grapple with 'moral injury' | MLive.com

Retired chaplain says veterans of Iraq war may grapple with ‘moral injury’ | MLive.comhttp://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/12/retired_chaplain_says_veterans.htmlGRAND RAPIDS — With the war in Iraq due to draw to a close by the end of the year, the Rev. Herman Keizer Jr. predicts many U.S. troops returning home for the holidays will grapple with a dilemma that is surfacing with increasing frequency. It’s called “moral injury.”

“What we’ve got coming back are huge numbers of people who fought in a morally ambiguous war,” said Keizer, 73, a retired U.S. Army chaplain and former director the Christian Reformed Church’s chaplaincy ministries who lives in Caledonia.

“They’re going to come home with an idealized idea of the holidays and they’ll realize after they’ve come back, they’re alone. No one really understands.”

Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military

By 15 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military | CNSnews.com

Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/defense-bill-will-not-include-provision-legalizing-sodomy-bestiality-military

A House-Senate conference committee has dropped Senate-approved language that would have removed sodomy and bestiality – sex with animals — from military law in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

A spokesman for the House Armed Services Committee told CNSNews.com Wednesday that the Obama administration had “made its pitch” on repealing Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sodomy – but the members of the conference committee “were not persuaded” that the change was needed.

Senator: Let chaplains say no to same-sex weddings

By 14 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Senator's proposal targets same-sex weddings – USATODAY.com

Senator’s proposal targets same-sex weddings – USATODAY.comhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12-13/chaplains-same-sex-weddings/51888074/1A proposal by Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker that would let military chaplains refuse to perform same-sex weddings is expected to come up for a vote this week in the House and Senate.

“Chaplains should not be forced to violate their beliefs in order to serve their country,” said Wicker, a Republican on the Armed Services Committee.

Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal ‘Fails to Rise to Level of News’; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says ‘Yes it Does’

By 13 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal 'Fails to Rise to Level of News'; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says 'Yes it Does' | CNSnews.com

Pentagon Says Sodomy/Bestiality Repeal ‘Fails to Rise to Level of News’; But Former Chief Army Prosecutor Says ‘Yes it Does’ | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/pentagon-says-sodomybestiality-repeal-fails-rise-level-news-former-chief-armyMeanwhile, the former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon says the Defense Department spokesman is wrong — removing the military law against sodomy and bestiality is big news.

Virginia State Senator-elect Richard Black, who was a member of the Joint Committee on Military Justice during the Clinton administration, told CNSNews.com that bestiality doesn’t happen very often – but removing the mention of it in the statute could create big problems.

The fact is, the Senate bill does remove bestiality from the statute.

“It creates some serious legal ambiguity,” Black told CNSNews.com. “Article 134 is the general article which prohibits various miscellaneous categories of misconduct. But the general rule of statutory construction is that if you remove something from the law – you intended to do so. And so there was a purpose in doing it. And the idea that it would automatically resurrect under the general article is unclear.”

Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military

By 1 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military | CNSnews.com

Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/senate-poised-legalize-sodomy-and-bestiality-us-militaryThe Senate this evening is poised to vote on a defense authorization bill that includes a provision which not only repeals the military law on sodomy, but also repeals the military ban on sex with animals–or bestiality.

On Nov. 15, the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Article 125 of the UCMJ makes it illegal to engage in both sodomy with humans and sex with animals.

Atheists in the Military Are Demanding Their Own Chaplains

By 16 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Atheists in the Military Are Demanding Their Own Chaplains | CNSnews.com

Atheists in the Military Are Demanding Their Own Chaplains | CNSnews.comhttp://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/atheists-military-are-demanding-their-own-chaplainsAtheists and humanists serving in the U.S. military are leading an organized push for official recognition of their own chaplains, or something akin to chaplains. They contend that they are being left out, even though they say they outnumber participants in established religions.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis said he can see a case for accommodation if the numbers and organization justify it, but he believes there could be problems with a humanist chaplain who does not believe in life after death.

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