MAAF San Diego Atheists in Foxholes Visit ‘No Atheists in Foxholes’ Display at Marine Corps Base Museum, By guest contributor MAAF member Doug Wright Located at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, the MCRD Command Museum houses an impressive and remarkable collection of memorabilia, static displays and Marine Corps history with the quiet […]
Is this what we’ve come to? The Department of Defense gleefully posts a raft of photos as the Michigan Army National Guard deploys from a Baptist Church, giant cross in the background, and soldiers seated as choir apparently to sing the praises of a New Crusade? The Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers seeks to […]
PBS recently published a video with a sectarian prayer to Jesus Christ as the invocation for a mandatory, large-scale, and politically important Ranger graduation that included the first women Rangers. The chaplain officer offered an invocation, not simply secular, not non-denominational, but explicitly sectarian in his personal religious tradition, Christianity. Prayers led by government officials, […]
Again in 2015, each Service Academy has allowed humanist alternatives to chaplain services. At West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy, humanist personnel are able to meet with mentors and peers who share their beliefs. While not yet entirely equal in visibility and resources to what traditional religious services receive, these programs are […]
Update 8/31: Leo Shane of the Military Times reported on how unsubstantiated Christian Victimhood distracts from real conscience protection issues. Update 8/24: MAAF sent a direct response [MAAF Conscience 20150818] to the DoD IG commenting on findings and reiterating important issues the report should address. The Department of Defense Inspector General has submitted a final draft […]