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Defense Department regulations bar personnel from appearing in uniform in "speeches, interviews, picket lines, marches, rallies or any public demonstration ...which may imply Service sanction of the cause for which the demonstration or activity is conducted."
Yet, seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform in a promotional video for the Evangelical organization Christian Embassy. "
I found a wonderful opportunity as a director on the joint staff, as I meet the people that come into my directorate," Air Force Maj. Gen. Jack J. Catton Jr. says in the video. "And I tell them right up front who Jack Catton is, and I start with the fact that I'm an old-fashioned American, and my first priority is my faith in God, then my family and then country. I share my faith because it describes who I am."
The 10-minute video is on the group's Web site, Christianembassy.com. The organization was founded nearly 30 years ago by the late Bill Bright, who also founded Campus Crusade for Christ. Army Brig. Gen. Bob Casen refers in the video to the Christian Embassy's special efforts to reach admirals and generals through Flag Fellowship groups. Whenever he sees another fellowship member, he says,
"I immediately feel like I am being held accountable, because we are the aroma of Jesus Christ."
Do they sell the candle in he mall?
In 2003, Army Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin drew criticism for appearing in uniform before church groups and saying, in remarks captured on video, that President Bush was "appointed by God," that the United States is "a Christian nation" and that Muslims worship "an idol." The inspector general's office determined that Boykin had not violated any rules, and he remained in a top intelligence post.
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"...I share my faith because it describes who I am..." first of all, who gives a shit about who 'he is', and if I want sharing, I'll ask for it! These guys are a bunch of self absorbed narcisists. What if I were a Druid, it's who I am, can I share it in a military venue by dancing around and druming in a white robe at the summer solstice? Sheesh.
posted by Anonymous, at
12/12/2006 10:40 PM
Ah, yes. General Boykin is the Christianist (and Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency)who claimed to see "demonic presences" hovering above Muslim cities in satellite reconnaisance photos.
I hope the military personnel who control the launch codes for our nuclear weapons aren't so caught up in "End Time" fantasies.
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12/13/2006 9:59 AM
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