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Atheists in Foxholes News 10 May 2011

MAAF has selected 32 articles of interest in the areas of atheism & humanism in the media and military and church-state separation.  Humanist chaplains and local military atheist groups were most prominent in the news, and there are separate entries about those items. The current Executive Officer of Naval Station Great Lakes denied the service […]

Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military

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Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military

The front page of the NY Times today covered the efforts of MAAF to better support atheists and humanists and to endorse humanist chaplains in the military. The Chaplain Outreach program at MAAF also seeks to ensure that the 3000 chaplains already serving in our military underst and both why and how they should support […]

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MAAF News 30 Mar 2011

Trending stories about Atheists, Atheists in the Military, MAAF, and occasional other news items of interest. Atheists in foxholes in the media Justin Griffith makes news with local MASH Ft Bragg chapter Army NG Chaplain Steven Veinotte in Kuwait disparages atheists in foxholes Hospital chaplain converts sick atheists Christopher Hitchens shows there are atheists in […]

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Air Force reviews academy religious climate

  Retired General Patrick Gamble, working through the Council of Logistics Research on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, is conducting a review of the religious climate at the US Air Force Academy.  Recently, the Academy completed and published a religious climate survey that showed lingering issues with the climate.  Wing Chaplain Lt. […]

Military atheist visits chaplains

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Military atheist visits chaplains

(by MAAF President Jason Torpy) From March 16th to 22nd, I traveled to Virginia and North and South Carolina to put out the MAAF message and improve the support of atheists, humanists, and other nontheists in the military.  The intention was to visit local civilian organizations, meet MAAF members, and speak with chaplains.  Six local […]