Editors note: Humanist Services are regularly over 1000 every weekend at Air Force Basic Training. This is an unpublished article written last June. As growth continues, we thought it would be interesting to look back at the excitement when numbers were barely half what they are now. Guest post by Vicki Gettman, organizer 532 trainees […]
Anonymous guest post regarding life for nonbelievers in the military. As I packed my bags for redeployment within theater, I continue to wonder if I’ve been discriminated against for my requests for equality. It probably started when I was in the Custom’s line at Hamad International Airport in Qatar. Another older gentlemen with another middle […]
Tom Gray near Offutt Air Force Base continues excellent work building a strong community integrated with the local military installation. His group celebrated with a display at the Nebraska Capitol. This was alongside other religious displays, allowing for a joint holiday celebration available to all. He also sends praise to Offutt AFB leadership who quickly and […]
This Memorial Day, the Washington Post examined how some chaplains struggle to reconcile their faith with the terrors of war: “What happens when the military chaplain is shaken by war” by Michelle Boorstein. The article provides some candid and real struggles of chaplains who see the physical and spiritual destruction inherent in war. I refer […]
Over Veterans Day, local groups showed their thanks in Los Angeles and Huntsville Alabama. In Los Angeles, Sunday Assembly LA came together to build care packages. And in Huntsville Alabama, Homegrown Comedy dedicated donations from their Veterans Day show to MAAF and Still Serving Veterans. Care Package programs are a monthly activity for MAAF and have […]