[Jonty30]

Where is your faith now, pops?

[ThirdMate]

Sky Pilots

[bunkerhill7]

Jump For Jesus

[Romulus]

Clerical presence in the armed forces may be news in post-Soviet Russia, but our late archbishop Hannan was doing all this with the 82nd Airborne almost 70 years ago. Of course nowadays the shoe’s on the other foot: while Russia is officially promoting Christianity, it’s under government attack in the USA.

[DesertRhino]

And state athiesm and homosexuality has become the official policy of our military. Sad,,,

[OldNavyVet]

At http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=56481 there's an article about Navy Chaplain Otto Sporrer and his Silver Star award.

Adding to Otto Sporrer's story, he was originally from Germany and preached, from the pulpit in the 1940-41 timeframe, against America going to war with Germany

[Rich21IE]

Oh, man...c’mon people, this is a great opportunity for some funny photos!

[RichInOC]

Everybody drops.

[Yudan]

I have mixed feelings, Marsh...especially if the assigned Priests participate in firearms training (now, admittedly, the article does not say that they do, it says simply that they jump).

I was having a conversation recently with one of my Priests who was saying he hoped a parishioner would teach his young sun to shoot and hunt, as he himself cannot own a gun or any weaponry. In his words, “The Priest is supposed to be an instrument of the Grace of God, not the Wrath of God - this is why the Byzantines were APPALLED when the Crusaders’ Priests showed up bearing swords.”

[ansel12]

I made sure that the Army Chaplin performing my marriage ceremony, was Airborne.

[Rashputin]

Not that long ago Russia said it was organizing a unit that would protect Christians from attack implying that that they'd be protecting Christians anywhere in the world. Looks like either Syria and Africa aren't on the list of places Russia can find any Christians in need of protection or the Russians were wildly exaggerating their ability to put such a unit together and send it where it was needed. Or maybe it was just like so much else they announce, noise to try and placate some segment of the Russian public without really doing anything.

Then again, maybe they're going to drop a single airborne priest into those situations and say it's sort of like the Texas Rangers idea of one riot, one Ranger.

[TLI]

Must be a full time gig `cause if you think "There are No Atheists in Foxholes" is accurate, try standing in the door juuuuust once.

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