{"id":5501,"date":"2018-02-12T07:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T07:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2018-02-12T07:22:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T07:22:48","slug":"air-force-cadets-no-longer-required-say-help-god-end-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/air-force-cadets-no-longer-required-say-help-god-end-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Cadets No Longer Required to say “… so help me God” at the end of their Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h3>\n

On October 25, 2013, Business Insider<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy now have the option as to whether to say “so help me God,” when they take their oaths,\u00a0according to a new report by Air Force Times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Air Force Academy, the premier academic institution for creating Air Force officers, located just north of Colorado Springs, Colo., requires their students to take an oath.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It reads “We will not lie, steal or cheat nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty and live honorably, so help me God.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That same month, I went after records regarding this change, and requested all records pertaining to this change of the oath.\u00a0 In the response, I received quite a few emails and conversations pertaining to this change, and as the evidence shows, it was quite controversial, and did not sit well with many who wrote in about it.<\/p>\n

Document Archive<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Air Force Cadets No Longer Required to say “… so help me God” at the end of their Oath<\/a> [336 Pages, 52.4MB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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