Military supply firm to remove Bible verses from rifles

I'm really surprised they didn't put up more of a fight. Gotta's original post about this here.

WASHINGTON – A Wixom company will stop putting biblical references on weapon scopes and other products made for the U.S. military and is sending the Pentagon kits to remove the references from weaponry already in the hands of American troops.

Trijicon Inc. announced the change in policy today after it was learned through media reports that the company has for decades placed Christian references on rifle sights used by the military. The company defended the practice in a statement Wednesday saying it included the biblical references as “part of our faith and our belief in service to our country.”

Today, however, after the Army and the Marine Corps said they would review the practice – which came as a surprise to both – the company opted to change its practice, it said, “in response to concerns raised by the Department of Defense.”

Trijicon said it would remove the references from future U.S. military products as well as those already manufactured but not yet shipped and would send 100 modification kits to forces in the field to remove the references already on optical sights in use.

Going through withdrawal: US returns six-year stockpile of weapons

By GottaLaff

"Hi. I'm the United States, and I'm a war-oholic."

"Hi, United States."

Step One in our military Twelve Step Program: First, admit you can return equipment. Withdrawal may be painful, but will eventually lead to inner, and outer, peace:

The US military is sending back equipment it has used in Iraq through Jordan and Kuwait as it tests possible exits out of the war-torn country.

The convoys that are carrying armored vehicles, weapons and other items out of Iraq, mark the Pentagon's first steps in confronting the complex logistics of transporting the huge arsenal the US military has stockpiled in Iraq over nearly six years.

The move is also part of a wider assessment, to decide what items the military can transfer, donate, sell or throw away once a full-scale withdrawal is underway, Marine Corps and Army officials told The Associated Press.

"Because they are starting to see a potential reduction of forces, they are looking to get more stuff out," Terry Moores, the deputy assistant chief of staff for logistics for Marine Corps Central Command, said on Saturday.

See you at the next meeting.