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Posted: 8/5/2005 3:12:32 PM EDT
RELIGION?......in basic, are your beliefs(whatever they maybe)supported by the military.
 ........I was thinking "muslims" in the marine's I did a state run "basic" and it was -neutral- religion wise. BUT there were no muslims. 
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Posted: 8/5/2005 4:47:30 PM EDT
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I am not in the military aymore but my dog tags said NO REL PREF. I was an atheist back then and they never pushed religion on me.
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Posted: 8/5/2005 4:53:53 PM EDT
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when I was in you had to really work at it to get any kind of attention from the chaplain, and services when they had them were non-denom and casual.
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Posted: 8/5/2005 5:07:54 PM EDT
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When you consider most chaplains have to cover all the bases, what you get is a watered down version. But I never saw it pushed on anyone
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Posted: 8/5/2005 5:21:21 PM EDT
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There was one Muslim (white guy, not arab) in my OCS (Marine Corps) company. Chaplain tried to accomodate him, got him a Koran (au lieu of the New Testaments they were handing out). They gave out NT's by default, but offered to exchange for Torah or a Koran if you desired. He wasn't in my platoon, so I don't know if he graduated.
During our Chaplain's brief, I think he said there were a handful (<6) of imams serving as navy chaplains. |
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Posted: 8/5/2005 7:01:51 PM EDT
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Neutral.
There are chaplains for as many faiths as they can muster. One hour the Catholics will hold mast, the next the Lutherans, and then followed but the next. They put out the proper settings for each religion. Aboard aircraft carriers they'll also posibly have a Jewish lay reader as there are posibly a few Jews aboard. I've seen 20-30 Muslims aboard out of 6000 but their American Muslims rather than Arab. |
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Posted: 8/5/2005 11:57:21 PM EDT
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When in a warzone is there a preist there if possible to give last rites and talk with troops if needed? If a major offensive is going to happen like Fallujah do they go with the troops into battle or just wait in a staging area?
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Posted: 8/10/2005 2:24:09 AM EDT
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I have been in the Army and National Guard for about 15yr's and have not seen religion "pushed" It has been encouraged in a general sense, They always let you know about the Chaplins availibility.
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Posted: 8/10/2005 5:01:22 AM EDT
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religiously neutral for me, everyone was given the opportunity but noone was ever forced.
You had sunday morning free to do whatever you wished in bootcamp, including attending services. |
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