MRFF gets results!

I am a government civil service client of the MRFF of the (name withheld) faith at (USAF installation name withheld (AFB), (state name withheld).  A while ago, a new Commander came to our unit.  I was uncomfortable when sectarian, Christian prayers were permitted during our unit’s gatherings.  Knowing this went against regulations forbidding command-endorsed or sponsored religious activities, I respectfully requested an end to such public displays of a singular faith group to the exclusion of all others and no faith as well.  Despite assurances that such illegal, insidious, evangelical words would no longer serve to disrupt or undermine the secular work of myself or my coworkers (who are from a variety of faiths and no faith traditions and had all pledged to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, after all, and not the word of a fundamentalist Christian God), it was not many weeks later that the Commander placed a passage from the New Testament Bible into official USAF staff meeting slides.  Knowing this would be a battle I could no longer fight alone, I called the MRFF and immediately Mikey and his team went into action.  They called the supervisor of my Commander and demanded swift, complete cessation of such overt proselytizing–and it worked!  Leadership quickly moved to reprimand our Commander and we no longer suffered from divisive, partisan words or deeds.  

Despite such a victory, problems persisted.  The Commander engaged in other, like activities unbecoming of the high standards of his office and eventually was put under a more stringent investigation.  This time, a simple reprimand no longer sufficed and he was removed from Command.  The moral of the story is “Stand up for what is right and challenge what is wrong”.  Had my colleagues or I looked the other way, no one in our chain-of-command would have been the wiser to the commander’s improprieties and we would still be suffering under someone who believed he did not have to follow the rules set forth to prevent domination by alienating, dictatorial leaders.  I believe the early victory achieved by the MRFF helped lay the foundation for future claims by showing a pattern of flagrant disregard for such rules and regulations.

Thanks again to Mikey and his crew for continuing to fight for our rights and for stepping in when it becomes too dangerous for us to stick our neck out for ourselves.  In turn, we must fight to continue to keep the MRFF alive so they may keep supporting us!

Respectfully,
A longtime client (Name, USAF position title, civilian rank, unit and installation all withheld)