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Was Air Force Chaplain Really Awarded Prestigious Bronze Star for PowerPoint About Proper Disposal, Handling of Islamic Texts?

Mar. 13, 2013 9:49am Billy Hallowell

This story has been updated.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Air Force Lt. Col. Jon Trainer, 51, has been awarded a Bronze Star Medal, in part, for his creation of a PowerPoint presentation that informs the military about how to properly treat Islamic religious materials and for his role in a suicide prevention training program.

Considering that the Bronze Star is the military’s fifth most prestigious award — and bearing in mind the Islamic-centered work that purportedly played a role in his accolade — it’s certainly a story worth telling.

However, there’s also a bit of controversy surrounding the real reason Trainer was given the award, as West posted a Facebook message last night claiming that the notion that the PowerPoint was the main reason for it is inaccurate.

The PowerPoint portion of the story is, of course, capturing headlines. And here’s why: After deadly riots broke out in Afghanistan last year following revelations that Korans were accidentally burned, the chaplain allegedly came up with a solution. The Daily News has more:

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.

Within 48 hours of the riots that left more than 30 people dead, including two U.S. troops and two additional military advisers, Trainer created a PowerPoint presentation addressing how Islamic material should be handled and disposed of. In addition to laying out these elements, the Daily News reports that the chaplain, a nondenominational Christian pastor, also identified what constitutes important Islamic material.

Was Chaplain Jon Trainer Awarded Bronze Star for PowerPoint About Proper Handling of Islamic Texts?

Credit: AP File Photo

“When a Muslim writes down even a few verses from the Quran on a piece of paper,” he told the outlet, noting that this piece of paper also has protected status in the eyes of Muslims.

For Trainer, it was an opportunity to show that the U.S. is receptive to Afghan concerns, while also willing to acknowledge cultural differences. For his efforts, he has been given high honors.

The Bronze Star award is not typically given to a chaplain. Upon exploring the criteria for receiving the honor, it’s easy to see why. About.com explains the award:

Any person whom while serving in any way in or with the United States military after 6 December 1941, that distinguished himself or herself apart from his or her comrades by brave or praiseworthy achievement or service, that did not include participation in aerial flight. The act justifying award of the medal must be performed while fighting an enemy of the United States, or while involved in conflict with an opposing/foreign force. It can also be awarded for heroism while serving with friendly forces engaged in combat against an opposing military in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

Heroism carried out under acts as described, which are of a lesser degree than those awarded of the Silver Star, will justify the award of the Bronze Star Medal.

While of a lesser degree than the award of the Legion of Merit, the act justifying the awarding of the Bronze Star Medal must have been praiseworthy and accomplished with merit. It can be awarded for a single act of value or meritorious service.

According to the original article, Trainer was also awarded the Bronze Star for overseeing a suicide training program — one that more than 36,000 deployed Army personnel went through (the “Ask, Care, Escort” program). The outlet does seem to claim that the PowerPoint wasn’t the only reason for the accolade, although the Islamic angle is heavily emphasized in the piece. In addition to this suicide program, the article also read:

In addition, he performed all the duties expected of a chaplain, leading worship services at a cramped base in Kabul and conducting marriage counseling — often with the loved one’s spouse connected via Skype.

On Tuesday night, West posted a letter from someone he once served with who allegedly knows Trainer well. In the note, his fellow serviceman seeks to clarify the story, taking particular aim at the version that was posted by National Review.

Gunslinger 5,

The National Review Online is running an article about CH (LTC) Jon Trainer implying that he received the Bronze Star for creating a PowerPoint presentation. This is false! I served with Jon Trainer in Kabul, Afghanistan and he is one of the finest men and chaplains I have ever worked with in almost 22 years. He received the Bronze Star for his cumulative meritorious service during his overall deployment to the combat zone. He did primarily produce the slide presentation per General Allen’s direction to do so. For the NRO to demean his months of faithful service and paint it like this is horrible. The author, Pat Brennan, has been notified that he is conveying a misinterpretation and told Jon “thanks for your service,” but this article speaks to a cause…. No apology, he’s content to run with a lie to pursue his agenda. Jonah Goldberg was tweeting the same fallacy today. A woman named Debbie Schlussel wrote a horrible trash piece propagating the same lie. No one called Jon to check the facts! Is this what conservative journalism amounts to? Ironically, Jon is very conservative and a fan of NRO and the blog that now is propagating a false and slanderous depiction of him.

I write for two reasons: 1) if you know any of these folks from your time in DC, I ask you as a personal favor to ask them to retract the article. They are demeaning a true Patriot who has every right to be proud of his service to our country! 2) As a charge that now that you are more and more a voice in the media, stick to the truth. No agenda that needs lies and misinterpretations to advance is worthy. Good journalism must be true journalism. I have no reason to doubt you at all, but I bet Brennan, Schlussel and Goldberg never got into their line of work with the desire to belittle the honorable service of a veteran for their own gain. The ability to do this to someone comes along slowly cloaked in rationalization and I never want you to stoop to this. You have so much more to offer!

Thanks for reading this! I will personally appreciate any help you can offer, even if it is your prayers for a good officer and a brother in Christ!

Be Bold!

God bless,

Gunslinger Chaplain

In sharing the letter, West wrote that, “No one should defame our warriors for an agenda.” By his friend’s account, it was Trainer’s overall work while deployed that gained him the award, not merely his production of the PowerPoint presentation.

UPDATE: National Review wrote the following clarification today:

An item caught our eye the other day in the Dayton Daily News about Lt. Col. Jon Trainer, an Air Force chaplain, receiving the bronze star. [...]

The piece went on to describe how Trainer’s PowerPoint on proper handling of the Koran led to him receiving the Bronze Star. Patrick Brennan wrote a post linking to the Dayton story with a headline, “Air Force Chaplain Awarded Bronze Star for PowerPoint Teaching Proper Sensitivity for the Koran,” that spread around the web (Pat also mentioned Trainer’s work training personnel in a suicide prevention program). Lt. Col. Jon Trainer, a NRO reader, has been in touch and convinced me that this isn’t quite fair. He has explained that the Bronze Star was an end of tour award presented to him for meritorious service over the span of his deployment to Afghanistan, which obviously involved more than that PowerPoint. (This story gives a broader sense of his service during the tour.) So there wasn’t anything inaccurate in the Dayton story or Pat’s post, but they created a misimpression about the centrality of the PowerPoint to Trainer’s Bronze Star. I wanted to provide this fuller context and take the opportunity to salute Trainer for his service to our country.

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Comments (97)

zoro51
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:30am
to be rewarded for GIVING INTO MURDERING MUSLUMS os PROOF OF BEING A TRAITOR TO THE USA terrorism has NOT ceased.. you desire to SUCK UP to the MURDERING MUSLUMS they are like SWINE they will trample all over you THEY DONT CARE.. so to award a broze star for SUCKING UP TO MURDERS clearly shows how LEFT the usa has become under the NON AMERICAN BORN SOCIALIST FOM KENYA fact the koran is a book of MAN MADE LIES N DECIETS… propagande for hate n death OPPRESSION… its NOT nor has it ever been a PEACEFUL RELIGION but a man made CULT OF HATE N DEATH to reward for sucking up is TREASON…

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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:10am
  If I were in the business of recruiting for jihad, I would lovingly assemble a collection of postings such as yours, from TheBlaze and similar sources, and make them widely available to wavering young Muslims. “You see? This is what they think of us, our religion, our Koran, and our Prophet!” Not saying you shouldn’t express your opinion–this is America, after all. But be advised and be aware.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:25am
  bronze star is just a Meritorious Service Medal during wartime. It has nothing to do with valor like people commonly believe.
  When I was in the Air Force, a flight-line expediter receive one for basically attending meetings and coordinating loading operations while we were deployed. He didn’t physically do squat and wasn’t in any danger. The sad reality behind the military decoration system.
  
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- RonThundrEagle
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:35am
  You talk about “Murdering Muslims” yet everyday Muslims “Murder” Christians in the Middle East and I never see people like YOU talk about how wrong that is. Strange how one sided you are on this topic hu?
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:55am
  RonThundrEagle: I believe Zoro51 in his incoherent way was in fact referring to Muslims who are murderers, not Muslims who are being murdered. So you and he are actually on the same page.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:58am
  @War
  
  I believe that you need to do some research into the Bronze Star.
  
  The Bronze Star is awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone. When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the “V” device (Valor). Acts of heroism must be to a lesser degree than those acts related to the Silver Star.
  
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- almilford
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:07pm
  I received a Bronze Star with a “V” and three Purple Hearts in Vietnam. I feel like sending them back!
  This Government makes me sick to my stomach.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:49pm
  Ron and lloyd,
  Zoro was calling Muslims murders not posting about commiting murders whose victims were muslims.
  Contexts is a word you should really try to learn.
  
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- Dachande
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Dismayed is correct. Bronze Star with V Device is specifically for valor.
  
  There are also Army Commodation Medals, ARCOMs, that may have a V device as well.
  
  All it takes is a review of the DA Form 638 to see what accomplishments he was recommended. Also, some commands in theater refuse to authorize anything but ARCOMs or BSMs for TOUR AWARDS, even if the duty might rate in between, say an MSM.
  
  This is called politics in the military. Many awards are given out that may not necessarily rate the reasons. My peers and myself have found troubles with this process for years. We want our Soldiers to EARN their awards, but at the same time they are held back because other commands are loose with awards which unbalances competition for promotions.
  
  It is also very difficult to get awards approved with V devices with some commands, even if merritted for their actions.
  
  This and worse happens all the time.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:16pm
  Al
  
  Don’t send the medals back. You earned them. This guy got the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, not Valor.
  
  My Detachment NCOIC used call the Purple Heart the “I was there and forgot to duck” medal. He had 4. Two from Korea and 2 from the Nam. I listened to every thing he said.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:26pm
  If we are giving bronze stars for power points and medals for drone gamers, just maybe we should consider Silver Stars for ANY service man/woman that patrols outside of the perimeter in Afghanistan and DSCs and Navy Crosses for confirmed kills of taliban. Christ, this medal is so a desk jockey can make O6 prior to retirement. Lowers the bar for the truly brave, hungry, tired and frightened Soldiers, Marines and Special Forces personnel who are actually inconvenienced by deployments away from family with crappy food and lousy living conditions. He and whoever wrote up the commendation should be ashamed.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:45pm
  When will Major Hassan be awarded the Medal of Honor?
  
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Kinnison
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:29am
O.K., this has got to stop. Now the Air Force is giving Bronze Star medals that were awarded, with combat “V”, in WWII, Korea and Vietnam for bravery on the battlefield to chaplains for really good Powerpoint presentations? Oh, and a brand-new prestigious award for Predator “pilots” sitting in Nevada in comfy chairs in air-conditioned ops centers drinking coffee and “flying” drones over Pakistan? U.S. Army and Marine Corps personnel are putting their lives on the line in repetitive tours in Afghanistan, being shot, blown up, maimed and killed and earning—EARNING—combat decorations, and the largely-unengaged-on-or-close-to-the-ground Air Force feels bad because they don’t have any combat ribbons to put on their uniforms Stateside, so the AF bureaucrats—I won’t call them “leadership”—manufactures some for them. National military commentator, well-known author and retired Army lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters was right, when after being “teamed” and “played” by three Pentagon Air Force generals and then checking on what they had told him, and finding that everything they said was lies, he opined that the AF leadership hierarchy was so dishonest and corrupt that the only solution was to scrap the whole organization, give the close air support mission back to the Army, and start over.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:29am
  the Army is incompetent and could not handle air support or any other aviation role. that is why the services split in the first place. Heck, the army doesn’t even do the infantry gig as well as the marines, and that is supposed to be their core competency. The Iraq war was bungled because Tommy Franks wanted the army to have a chance to shine, the screwed the pooch from the very beginning.
- naughtycal
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:52pm
  Obama has a Nobel prize he never earned and he’s giving out military prizes to people who didn’t earn them.
  It removes all value to the award and spits on the accomplishments of those whop actually sacraficed of themselves to earn thoise awards.
  
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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:27am
You do not receive a Bronze Star for a PowerPoint presentation. Something is wrong with this information.

On another note, I know exactly how to dispose of Islamic texts.

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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:20pm
  Recycle, right?
  
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andyyoung200
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:25am
NRO got the story wrong. Allen West has a message out calling NRO to correct the story. So disappointing that the Blaze ran with this without all the information. C’mon, Glenn. You’re better than this!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/allen-west/to-the-national-review-online-this-wrong-needs-to-be-righted/10151506323478307

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- Doji Hoturi
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:41am
  Yes!!! Thank you. I posted this a little bit ago but my link was bad. Bronze Star can be awarded for Meritorious Service, not just Valor. Thousands have been given out to senior NCO’s and Officers over the last few years upon completion of their combat tours.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:14am
  No, Glenn is not better than this. But thanks for the correction. The name “Debbie Schlussel” should e instantly have set everyone’s BS-detecting antennae aquiver.
  
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countryfirst
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:23am
The real concern is, is he willing to fire upon the American people? Because that will be a new metal that BHO will award in the very near future. As broke as we will be it may have to be called Aluminum foil award

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BlackCrow
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:22am
How about sopping up the grease from the mornings bacon then toss this book of Satin into the fire. Then when those idiot Muhammadans start protesting in the town square call in the A-10′s. Can you say target rich environment?

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- noodlenugget
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:36am
  I love satin, it is one of my FAVORITE fabrics… Where might I acquire one of these books about satin?
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:40am
  NoodleNugget LOL. Talk about your target-rich environment!
  
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- noodlenugget
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:49am
  Yeah, this place is like a candy store for grammar police…
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:43pm
  Try using your noodle. What does acting as “grammar police” have to do with pointing out a TYPO”? That’s not “grammar” — it concerns SPELLING. Also, a “book of satin” could be written on satin pages instead of being “about” satin.
  
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- captjack63
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:39pm
  Roger that……..Semper fi
  
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vaman
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:22am
The koran should be treated like the bible, which is any way you want. Burn them. Toss them in the trash. Use them as ash trays. Toilet paper is a good idea. Both books have been used for generations as the catalyst to war, murder and all things evil in this world. It’s remarkable that in today’s modern world, so many rely on these fairytales to guide their lives. Those lives are filled with misery and hate towards others, but I suppose it is some kind of pathetic existence

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- hi
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:36am
  Who/what guides your life? Obama? Bloomberg? The direction the breeze is blowing? Randomness?
  
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- Uechi
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:59pm
  The Bible far from a fairy tale. Many of the incidents depicted in that Book have been historically accurate, That being said ,the Bible is a good book but not the only book. It should be treated with respect. You sound like you would have had a field day in Nazi Germany piling up and burning all the books written by Jews, Get your head out of you **** and change your Meds dummy.
  
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- nomrah20
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:12pm
  but when the day comes when the bad guy has you down crushing your windpipe,, I bet the words GOD don’t let me die will come from your lips…
  
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TheGrtDcptn
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:18am
‘disposal, handling of islamic texts’

How does one handle such procedures…?! The same way they treat the Bible, Christians, and the U.S. Flag…

…satan is pleased with his deceit…

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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:17am
Allen West has put this up on his Facebook page in defense of Lt. Col. Jon Trainer. To the National Review Online: This Wrong Needs to be Righted! https://www.facebook.com/notes/allen-west/to-the-national-review-online-this-wrong-needs-to-be-righted/10151506323478307

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- UBETHECHANGE
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:28am
  I forgot to add this is a false claim! The Blaze, National Review, and all other outlets need to do their homework on this.
  
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bloomytoad
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:16am
At one point in the story it states that he was awarded the Bronze Star for the Islamic Power Point, but at the end it says he received it for overseeing a suicide prevention program. Not sure if it is horrible journalism, or intentionally misleading.

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- justangry
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:28am
  That’s almost worse considering the dismal record the military has keep it’s men and women from committing suicide, but tanks for pointing that out.
  
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Doji Hoturi
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:11am
FALSE CLAIMS!!!

Fact check this! Jon Trainor received his Bronze Star Medal for a period of service, not for a Power Point presentation. The Bronze Star Medal can be given for Valor (“V” device) or Meritorious Service. The Army has given thousands of these for service over the last few years. It has been common practice to give them to senior NCO’s and Officers operating in a combat zone upon completion of their tour.

This link takes you to a letter written by former FL Rep. Allen West regarding this. Lazy journalism.

allen-west-to-the-national-review-online-this-wrong-needs-to-be-righted

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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:28am
  After reading your comment, I said to myself ‘what do you expect, it’s Billy H.’ and sure as the double check confirmed.
  Where is the disposal of catholic, judaic, and christian propaganda?
  
  keep’n um short, most of my post to bh articles are censored.
  
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OBUMAURMAMA
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:10am
I’m so ashamed of the country’s leaders. Makes me sick.

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- noodlenugget
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:42am
  The approving authority for a Bronze Star is a Division Commander… Not quite a national leader.
  
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walnutportconservative
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:09am
We are flying apart… Fast and furiously. Be careful with whom you make alliance. Enbrace the truth. Define the truth. What is the truth? Find Him. Fear of man will surely lead to snare, and to embrace material wealth, well we know that only leads to discontent. Look beyond the horizon. Seek God.

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SERE
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:08am
The POTUS is not even leading poorly…he is simply AWOL…he really is simply a law professor and wanna be socialist….nothing more

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- richauthor
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:55am
  Correction… Choom-boy was not a law professor. He was a part-time law lecturer. Nothing more. Obama ABANDONED our heroes in Benghazi.
  
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momrules
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:06am
Yes, of course, let us be wary of insulting the Muslims. In fact our soldiers are instructed to ignore any atrocity they witness at the hands of a Muslim because it might upset and cause them to be killed by their so called Afghani *friends*.

I don’t know but I wonder if rules such as these are part of the reason many vets commit suicide. They have just seen too much horror that they were forbidden to stop.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/28/draft-of-new-us-army-handbook-must-be-scrapped/#ixzz2GZ40FZ80

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Gargent_Furball
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:05am
I was almost speechless when I heard this.

What mental Failure we have in our leadership in the Armed services.

I’m on the verge of being embarrassed. The whole world is thinking , America, land of the Stupid.
Please, take Harry Reed, Nancy Poloski, and all the other communists to France. Obamamama too.

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- JGraham III
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:17am
  The article doesn’t give any clues as to what the “proper” methods might be…a point that many might actually want to know… In my own estimation of the correct ways, not telling anyone that I had destroyed a Koran for instance would be at the top of the list.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:05am
Trainer was also awarded the Bronze Star for overseeing a suicide training program — one that more than 36,000 deployed Army personnel went through (the “Ask, Care, Escort” program).

I would feel better if it was the above, and then .. oh we also gave it to him for training about the treatment of the Satanic Bible to keep cavemen from being to obnoxious.

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RazorsEdge
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:01am
Absolutely ridiculous to give a medal for valor to a guy who puts a Powerpoint presentation together. They ought to burn a few Korans each day to get the muslims used to it, and give the medals to the guys doing the burning.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:01am
Well if that’s the case, the following “presentation” deserves the Medal of Honor, because it would save a lot more people?

My Power Point:

Any public tax dollar sent to an Islamic nation, and supports the religion of Islam, which is to be avoided, not sought after, because by doing so, you violate the civil rights of Americans you promised you would not establish a religion with their tax dollars, because do to so, would bring great discredit upon the principals of the US Constitution, and put public safety in jeopardy as demonstrated by the news reports of violence committed in the defense of Islam?

Signed, the founding fathers?

Then again, the real acts of heroism are the ones we know do not get citations, because if we gave a citation for every good thing that ever happened, after a while, awards are not worth the paper they are printed on, if everyone has one? No one will give you a medal for voting for a politician you know deserves your support, but you do it anyway?

No one will give you a medal for writing to your local sherrif and ask him to tell his boss, he believes in defending the 2nd amendment, but will you do it anyway?

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Thornyrose13
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:00am
So. If muslim combatants scribble koranic verses onto things like buildings, vehicles, and other objects, our troops will have to handle them respectfully? Thanks, Chaplain Trainer, for coming up with new ways for the enemy to push us into “political correctness”.
I do appreciate the intent of the powerpoint, and admire the work he does for helping suicidal soldiers, but put this down to the weakening of our military. Medals are baubles, but baubles that are supposed to have meaning. They are meant to stand out above the regular service ribbons military personnel gain for various services. Worse, when a civilian sees someone like this earning a medal, it erodes the respect for others who may have gained the medal in a more traditional manner.

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boss_ross
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:59am
ridiculous. they gave him a bronze star to check off a box so they can promote him to Colonel. Calling this a heroic achievement is beyond a stretch. way to go Air Force.

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kenndeaux
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:58am
This is the most disgusting story I have read in a long time.. Figured it had to be the Air Force…

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mikem1969
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:57am
This is not what the heck the bronze star is for. This is freaking PC madness. Also that is not the proper way to dispose of isalmist texts. First you put them in a bucket, then you pee on them, then you poor gas on them and burn them. All while denouncing islam because it is a false religion.

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- walnutportconservative
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 10:16am
  You are wrong about the accelerant gas.
  You must burn them with a tire.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:56pm
  That works as well, maybe mix in a little pigs blood just for the heck of it.
  
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NHwinter
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:55am
They are making a joke of these medals. They have no meaning unless its a battllefield award.

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- rlimike
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:29am
  For a battle field award it would have a (V) device for valor; without the V it is awarded for outstanding service …
  
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walnutportconservative
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:55am
Lieutenant Commander Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texas congressman temporarily serving in the U.S. Navy, received his nation’s third-highest combat decoration while on a 1942 fact-finding mission. The future president was so proud of his award that he wore the silver lapel pin for the rest of his life.
LBJ biographer Robert Caro Johnson received the nation’s third-highest combat medal for what amounted to taking an airplane ride and spending :a few minutes under fire.” But the under fire part of the story never happened. Facts being, LBJ never got within sight of Japanese forces. His mission, like so much of his life, was a lie. LBJ’s “heroism” was fabricated from the start.
(Barrett Tillman and Henry Sakaida

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