Approximately 800 U.S. soldiers were ordered to participate in a candlelight prayer ceremony, and ‘spiritual fitness’ training for a recent suicide prevention campaign. The soldiers are assigned to Fort Sam Houston's 264th Medical Battalion, responsible for training soldiers in their medical career after graduating boot camp. It happened last Wednesday (Sep. 26th) and was documented by Victoria Gettman, an instructor at the schoolhouse. She is a fellow foxhole atheist, and among the … [Read more...]
Tampons and size 20 panties in the Marine Corps
July 30, 2012 By 13 Comments
Have you been the victim of the "Size 20 panties Marine Corps" copypasta? Well, one of the service members in the American Atheists Military facebook group has an amazing reply. The premise is that some male Marine opened a care package down-range. It was packed with feminine objects. He joked around with his fellow Marines using the various items. However, it turns out that those tampons were about to become really important in a life or death situation. The original spam concludes with a … [Read more...]
Atheist Chaplain’s Assistant delivers powerful speech (MUST SEE)
July 21, 2012 By 11 Comments
Sergeant Nicholas Amann's re-enlistment ceremony was not typical by any means. Sgt. Amann is not your typical soldier. He's prior-infantry but re-classed to chaplain's assistant so he could help other soldiers. He's also an atheist. My wife almost cried when she saw this. Sergeant Nicholas Amann Foxhole Atheist | Chaplains Assistant www.youtube.com/embed/vV6BD6MryY0#t=196 My wife nearly lost it when he choked up a bit. I noticed it came while quoting scripture that urged forgiveness … [Read more...]
When foxhole atheists find each other, they organize
July 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
Sergeant Joshua Gould is a foxhole atheist stationed at Fort Bragg. He wrote to me with two important questions, so I'm breaking them into two posts. Do you have some sort of club? So I have been reading your blog for a while and I went to the Rock Beyond Belief a few months ago. I have been lucky in my Army career and have always been open with my beliefs and have never dealt with any persecution of any kind. Well, aside from the strongly religious folks who get upset when discussions come … [Read more...]
Fort Gordon stops making soldiers do yard work for Catholics
July 17, 2012 By 17 Comments
I'd like to thank Fort Gordon, GA leadership for the rapid about-face. Only a week ago American Atheists and Freedom From Religion Foundation demanded that the US Constitution be upheld for soldiers attending the Advanced Leadership Course (ALC). Hundreds of soldiers were ordered to clean up a Catholic organizations yard - also known as "area beautification." This was off-post, during the duty day and in uniform. The time period this was supposed to take place was over several months! An … [Read more...]
How to fight back against mandatory prayer and win
July 16, 2012 By 13 Comments
Bookmark this one. This letter accidentally became the best walk-through on how to fight back against those mandatory ceremony prayers. For 17 years, every military graduation ceremony I've been to has had an invocation and/or benediction. This includes schools like: Basic, AIT, PLDC, BNCOC... and BNCOC at Ft. Eustis specifically named Jesus. I'm an instructor and have attended ceremonies for WLC and an MOS reclassification course that have included prayer…until recently. I'd locked … [Read more...]
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