The United States Naval Academy was established in 1845, to ensure a highly skill military on the water. The Navy Academy's mission statement is simple and to the point:
“To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.”
To aid the midshipmen, both morally and mentally, the Navy Academy has maintained a long-standing tradition of a devotional prior to the midday meal. Navy Chapman’s of all faiths lead this devotional. The devotional is a reflection of thought and is meant to serve all the midshipmen. But it was only a matter of time before this tradition came under attack by secular-progressives.
Several Midshipmen and the ACLU are considering “bringing suit” against the Navy Academy. But will stopping the midday devotional satisfy the ACLU? And what of the Midshipmen who find solace in the devotional?
World News Daily: Faith and the Military
If the ACLU has their way, will the campus Girl Scouts and National Eagle Scout Association come under fire as well? Or how about the Gospel Choir or various religious organizations sanctioned by the Navy Academy? And what will happen to the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel, which houses a Jewish chapel, the honor board, ethics committee, and the character learning center, and to which the architecture features Jerusalem stone. Will any tradition be safe if we allow the degradation of this time-honored commitment?
But how do the Midshipmen fell about the midday devotional? Who better to address that question than a former Midshipmen, and current Naval Officer:
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