Field Grade Officer and Senior Developmental Education Student thanks MRFF for legal guidance on “the prevalence of religious materials and themes” in senior military officer higher education

From: (Field Grade Military Officer and MRFF Client’s e-mail address withheld)
Subject: Field Grade Officer and Senior Developmental Education Student Appreciation of MRFF Legal Guidance
Date: November 20, 2024 at 6:36:06 PM MST
To: Mikey Weinstein <[email protected]>

Good evening,

I want to express my sincere appreciation to MRFF for its immediate response to my query today regarding the illegal use of religion in military Senior Developmental Education. As a field grade officer, I am concerned about religious proselytizing at my university, which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has tasked with educating senior military officers to serve in joint staff and command roles post-graduation. The prevalence of religious materials and themes has been integrated into required readings, lectures, and seminar discussions with no significant bearing on course objectives, thus violating the separation of church and state. It is deeply troubling that Christian Fundamentalism continues to pervade the military to the detriment of good order and discipline, which negatively impacts wartime readiness. If senior military officers are being subjected to this radicalization, I can only imagine what our Company Grade Officers and junior enlisted members are having to tolerate in their daily service.

Mr. Weinstein contacted me immediately to set up a call to discuss the facts and to provide advice and guidance on how to proceed with using the chain of command, and should it not address the issue, how to file formal complaints. I have long supported MRFF and am grateful for its many fights to maintain constitutional protections for all servicemembers.

Sincerely,

(Military Senior Developmental Education Student’s name, rank, MOS/AFSC, unit, and assigned installation all withheld)