The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) reported today that they have been inundated with complaints, receiving over 200 calls from more than 50 military installations across all the services since Saturday.

They published a sample email from an active duty non-commissioned officer (NCO), writing on behalf of themself and 15 other unit members. The NCO stated the following:

“This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be “afraid” as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now. He urged us to tell our troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.”

The MRFF confirmed that the large number of complaints contained similar disturbing pronouncements from Christian zealot commanders. MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein told the investigative journalist, Jonathan Larsen, who broke the story on his Substack, that since the start of the unprovoked American and Israeli war on Iran, this past Saturday morning the MRFF has been “literally inundated with desperate calls for help from military members across all branches, organizations and MOS/AFSC/SFSC designations (military occupational areas).”

The above-mentioned email from the NCO, shared by the MRFF, detailed that their commander had a big grin on his face during the briefing, which made his message seem even crazier. The NCO stated in the email that their commander would probably be described as a “Christian First” supporter.

“He has been this way for a very long time and makes it clear that he desires all of us under him to become just like him as a Christian. But what he did this morning was so toxic and over the line that it shocked many of us in attendance at the ops readiness briefing. Besides myself I am reaching out to MRFF on behalf of 15 fellow troops. I know you asked me about the religious views of our group who has requested help from the MRFF. I can only tell you that I am Christian and at least 10 of the others are also Christians. One of the others is Jewish and one is Muslim. I don’t know the religious or non-religious status for the other three at this time,” the NCO contineued in the email.

In a statement, Weinstein said that “any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted for numerous violations of the military criminal code known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.”

This story is a critically important reminder of the mental health pressure troops face, and, thus, it is disturbing to learn that this situation exists. The NCO highlighted in the email that their fellow troops know that it is “completely wrong to have to suffer through what our commander said today.”

“It’s not just the separation of church and state as we discussed Mr. Weinstein. It’s the fact that our commander feels as though he is fully supported and justified by the entire (combat unit’s name withheld) chain of command to inflict his Armageddon views of our attack on Iran on those of us beneath him in the chain of command. I hope by sending this email to you that this will help expose these wrong actions which destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the constitution,” concluded the NCO in the email.