Posted on 06/01/2005 9:18:27 AM PDT by pickemuphere
DENVER -- On the eve of his graduation, the top cadet at the Air Force Academy sent out a religious-themed e-mail to thousands of fellow cadets, even as the school is grappling with complaints that some evangelical Christians are harassing others at the school.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the e-mail sent Tuesday by Wing Commander Nicholas Jurewicz to the freshmen, sophomore and junior classes, which is about 3,000 cadets. "Wing commander" is the title held by the top senior at the school in military ranking.
Jurewicz lists his favorite quotations in the message, including several about Jesus. One quotation, "Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ," is a biblical verse.
The academy has been under investigation because of complaints that evangelical Christians have harassed cadets who do not share their faith, in violation of the constitutional separation of church and state.
Cadets have been required to attend religious tolerance seminars, during which they have been reminded that Air Force policy bans the use of official e-mails for personal messages.
"We will look into it and if he violated any Air Force or academy policy we will take appropriate action after we've reviewed it," academy spokesman Johnny Whitaker said.
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What a crock. The only "strong and vengeful mafia" you will find is on the looney ACLU liberal left.
Thank you, it seems to be a rare thing for me lately.
Oh stop. If you're looking for sympathy or tears, you came to the WRONG guy, bubba. I could give you a hundred reasons why, just from your post.
Some of you whiners here just make me want to slap ya. If you had a jerk for a supervisor/commander, and if you were too much of a pantywaist to know how to handle it ......IF you had proof.......then do NOT come whining to me. I'd suspect most of my contemporaries would feel the same, and they're the sumbitches running this Air Force these days.
I've got news for you...we don't have to ask. We can tell.
For instance...
When you refer to camo paint as eye shadow...we don't have to ask.
When you call your rifle an MMMMM-16...we can tell.
And, we don't have to ask, we can tell when you are ordered to blow the enemy away and you get out your chap stick.
Yes, they are very often a detriment to discipline and good order and can be a general pain in the arse.
Confine your preaching to off-duty and non-official venues
Both go on, and neither has a place in the duty environment.
And just what consitutes an "official e-mail" and a "personal message"???
This was clearly - and emphatically - a personal message from a graduating cadet.
There was no attempt by this graduate to indicate or imply that his message of best wishes had "offical" standing in any manner.
later pingout.
Oh, and I note that you don't refute my position that it IS easy to write a watered-down EPR on a supervisee that you dislike. Or to reduce/eliminate a medal...
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Make that 'relatively easy' instead of simply 'easy'.
So the oath does say that.
That oath does not say, "defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic, so help me Jesus. Oh, and if you don't believe in Jesus, you're going to burn in hell."
Which does not reflect the majority of the USAF personnel. But there are bad apples in every bunch. The question is why so many here think the bad apples are the good ones.
The best policy is to leave your religion at your home, where you raise your children. Only discuss it at work among close friends or if asked. Give your troops the equal opportunity to worship (ie - attend services). And finally, DON'T FORCE YOUR BELIEFS ON OTHERS.
LOL!
Maybe I am wrong but it appears to me the mere mention of Christ has pushed your buttons.
You are categorically wrong. The AF is not a religious institution created to glorify Christ. It exists to, and only to, kill people and break things in defense of the nation.
Training schools aren't so bad, but at many permanent stations, supervisors are prejuciced against unbelievers and even Chistians who do not profess it loudly and often enough. It is a problem and the AF has already disciplined individuals because of it.
Personally the statement "Christian Mafia" in itself I find offensive.
Nonetheless, it is an accurate description.
Some people just can't leave their pets at home....
"And just what consitutes an "official e-mail" and a "personal message"???"
If you're using your USAFA email address, it's official. There is no such thing as "unofficial government email."
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