[Arthur McGowan]

Not a good idea. They are employees of the U.S. government and preaching the gospel is not part of their job description.

Soldiers with guns are not the ideal type to be preaching the gospel, no matter what their intentions. Better they should just be—literally—good Christian soldiers and pray that they are doing their part in spreading the gospel that way.

[highball]

Not a good idea. They are employees of the U.S. government and preaching the gospel is not part of their job description.

Agreed. That's not what we sent them over there to do.

The job they and their fellows are being asked to is hard enough without them antagonizing the very locals we need to win over.

[contemplator]

They are employees of the U.S. government and preaching the gospel is not part of their job description

Bingo. They need to preach on their own time. In the case of a soldier in the middle of a deployment this means waiting until the deployment is over.