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| Military Chaplain Jon Trainer Receives Bronze Star for Effective Muslim Sensitivity Training |
| 2013-03-13 |
| After the accidental burning last year of Qurans by U.S. troops in Afghanistan sparked deadly rioting, an Air National Guard chaplain from Springfield stepped in and potentially saved countless American lives. For his effort, Lt. Col. Jon Trainer received the prestigious Bronze Star — a medal given for heroic or meritorious achievement in connection with operations against an armed enemy. And he did it with a PowerPoint presentation. Trainer, who’s now in the running to be named Chaplain of the Year for the entire Air Guard, was in the third month of his voluntary deployment to Afghanistan last February when U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield mistakenly burned copies of the Muslim holy book. The ensuing outrage claimed more than 30 lives, including two U.S. troops and two U.S. military advisers. Within 48 hours, Trainer developed a PowerPoint presentation on the proper handling and disposal of Islamic religious material that was seen by every American — military and civilian alike — in Afghanistan. The presentation then was distributed to the U.S. for use in all pre-deployment training. “This entire mission,” Trainer said from his office at the Springfield Air National Guard Base, “could be undermined by an action like that. “All that good work. You realize how quickly that work can be undermined.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 "All that good work. You realize how quickly that work can be undermined." Then maybe it wasn't worth it. Unfortunately. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-13 19:26 |
| #7 War on Climate Change would likely be over by the Navy Cross :( Too bad he didn't get that ol' powerpoint deployed before the incident. Of course if any of them would have taken the time to read The Great Game, they'd know that any reason to riot will do, or they'd just make one up. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-03-13 14:34 |
| #6 For his effort, Lt. Col. Jon Trainer received the prestigious Bronze Star -- a medal given for heroic or meritorious achievement in connection with operations against an armed enemy. So what they are basically claiming is that Muslims are an armed enemy. Ok.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-13 13:44 |
| #5 If I wasn't so jaded to all the shennanigans going on in the PC military now-a-days I would probably of gagged upon reading this story. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2013-03-13 12:38 |
| #4 An interesting uptick in blouse ribbons and pieces of tin lately Atari Medals, Bronze Star for Powerpoints and you gotta be dead (or out) to get a CMoH. No medal for the War on Climate Change. Yet. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-13 10:45 |
| #3 I presume that all the other Chaplains in tangent service received "participant" trophies? Sheesh.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-03-13 09:47 |
| #2 An interesting uptick in blouse ribbons and pieces of tin lately. A sure sign the battle was lost when generals are relieved and Victoria Crosses are dispensed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-13 09:45 |
| #1 You must also wash your filthy infidel lips before they come into contact with arab ass. Why don't they just tell them to bend over? The list of demands to avoid offending those people is growing faster than the national debt. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2013-03-13 08:57 |