U.S. Army 'On a Mission for Both God and Country' poster removed

So what is wrong with a U.S. Army recruiting station in Phoenix, AZ poster stating “On a Mission for Both God and Country”? Every soldier entering takes an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. Those entering the U.S. Army take this official oath in the name of God. Below is the language of the U.S. Army officer’s oath:

I, _____, having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.” (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.) [Emphasis added]

NOTE: The enlisted oath of office may be viewed here.

Since 9/11/2001 the U.S. Army has been engaged in a global violent struggle against those who invoke the name of Allah (the God of Mohammed) on the battlefield. The cries of “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic: الله أكبر), an Islamic phrase meaning “God is greater”, are often left ringing in the ears of our soldiers. These same words were heard recently on the streets of New York City, NY, Sidney, Australia and Paris, France.

Cannot our soldiers do the same? Cannot our soldiers invoke the name of God. Apparently the U.S. Army Recruiting Command doesn’t think so, neither do those who are atheists, such as the members of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

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Kevin Lilley from The Army Times reports:

A poster with the phrase “On a mission for both God and country” on display outside a Phoenix recruiting station was removed Friday morning, an Army Recruiting Command spokesman said, hours after the unapproved display was brought to the command’s attention.

The poster, which features a Special Forces patch along with Ranger, Airborne and Special Forces tabs, includes “a stock image” the command makes available for local recruiters, spokesman Brian Lepley said in an email, “but the text was changed by the local recruiting personnel” and not cleared by command headquarters.

“Had the process been followed, the copy shown would not have been approved,” Lepley said.

The command first became aware of the poster Friday morning when it received questions about the display from Army Times. It was unclear when the display went up, but images of the sandwich board outside a recruiting office appear online in places like Reddit and Flickr with dates as far back as October.

It received more online attention on Thursday, when an image of the display was the center of a news release and a post on the Daily Kos website from Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. In the post, which had nearly 400 comments as of Friday afternoon, Weinstein called the display a “stunning, unconstitutional disgrace” and labeled it the “Poster of Shame.”

He said a number of his group’s clients brought the item to his attention. The MRFF claimed in January to represent more than 40,000 service-connected individuals.