MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

DADT2 on the horizon? At this rate it’s only a matter of time before the US government places Christians serving in the military into their very own ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy …

By Bryant Jordan – “The Air Force has suspended decades-old Bible-centric ethics training intended to make Christian officers comfortable with the possible use of nuclear weapons. The training program was given to all new missile officers by Air Force chaplains.

‘We’re in the process of reviewing that training and we’ll make a determination whether or not to continue [it] or if it will be a different course,’ Air Education and Training Command spokesman Dave Smith told Military.com.

Smith said the ethics training has been in place more than 20 years, although he didn’t know exactly when it was begun.

The training slides include quotations from the Bible, portraits of Christian saints, prophets, and famous American generals known for their faith, including George Washington, Union Army Gen. Joshua Chamberlain, and Confederate Gen. Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.

Every new missile officer had to take the training at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, regardless of their own religious beliefs or lack of them, according to Smith.

AETC halted the ethics training last week after an article on the training was posted at Truthout.org. Former Air Force Capt. Damon Bosetti — described as a missile officer who took the training in 2006 — said he and others referred to the religious section of the ethics training as the ‘Jesus loves nukes speech.'” Read more.