MRFF Covered by Tehran Times in Sweeping Article Detailing How “Hegseth is Treating the Pentagon as an Instrument of Holy War” “The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) reported last month it is being inundated with more than 110 complaints from U.S. service members stationed across the Middle East, including one non-...

MRFF Covered by Tehran Times in Sweeping Article Detailing How “Hegseth is Treating the Pentagon as an Instrument of Holy War”
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MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Featured by CGTN in Must-See (3:06) Iran War Segment — Australia’s ABC News Correspondent Visits Hegseth’s Washington D.C. Church “How do you explain any of this? It may have been that he's firing people throughout, again, from almost the moment he got there. I do not know his reasoning, and my job is not to figure it out. “My job is to make sure that

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Featured by CGTN in Must-See (3:06) Iran War Segment — Australia’s ABC News Correspondent Visits Hegseth’s Washington D.C. Church
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Mikey Weinstein Joins Ian Masters on “Background Briefing” to Discuss “Theocrat Versus Theocrat” Iran War — MRFF Covered by Foreign Policy “Detailing the survival and daring rescue of a downed U.S. Air Force colonel in Iran over the weekend, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth likened it to the Christian story of Jesus Christ’s death, en...

Mikey Weinstein Joins Ian Masters on “Background Briefing” to Discuss “Theocrat Versus Theocrat” Iran War — MRFF Covered by Foreign Policy
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From a Quaker MRFF supporter: “The MRFF has been ahead of the curve for twenty years. … Mikey Weinstein and his colleagues identified the infiltration of Christian nationalist ideology … when most Ame... From: MRFF Supporter “Phil" (email address withheld)Subject: Gratitude, Concerns, and the missionDate: April 4, 2026 at 10:39:08 AM MDTTo: Michael L Weinstein <mikeyw4444@icloud.com>I come to question...

From a Quaker MRFF supporter: “The MRFF has been ahead of the curve for twenty years. … Mikey Weinstein and his colleagues identified the infiltration of Christian nationalist ideology … when most Americans considered it a fringe concern”

Bloomberg Covers MRFF, Quoting the Pope and Mikey Weinstein on Why “Mixing Religion and Warfare is a Terrible Idea” “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation. Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violenc...

Bloomberg Covers MRFF, Quoting the Pope and Mikey Weinstein on Why “Mixing Religion and Warfare is a Terrible Idea”
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The UK’s Independent Asks: “What in God’s name is Pete Hegseth doing in Iran?” — MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein on appointment of Erika Kirk to USAFA Board Mikey Weinstein weighs in on Trump’s appointment of slain Christian nationalist hatemonger Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors, telling Truthout: “It’s abom...

The UK’s Independent Asks: “What in God’s name is Pete Hegseth doing in Iran?” — MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein on appointment of Erika Kirk to USAFA Board
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The Times of Israel Covers MRFF in Exceptional Analysis of the Dangers “When Prophecy Replaces Intelligence” — The Nation Covers “Hegseth’s Holy War” “End-times framing introduces a different logic. It recasts a contingent conflict as a scripted event with a predetermined outcome. “That shift has concrete effects. When outcomes are treated as in...

The Times of Israel Covers MRFF in Exceptional Analysis of the Dangers “When Prophecy Replaces Intelligence” — The Nation Covers “Hegseth’s Holy War”
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MRFF Makes Front Page of Monday’s Washington Post — Mikey Weinstein Profiled by New Mexico Jewish Journal “One side is very pro-MAGA and the other is not. If you have something like another Jan. 6, now we’re looking at a military that will start fighting itself, it’s a recipe for a civil war with military...

MRFF Makes Front Page of Monday’s Washington Post — Mikey Weinstein Profiled by New Mexico Jewish Journal
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At Latest Pentagon Prayer Service, Hegseth Officially Declares Iran War a Holy War, Earnestly Praying for “Overwhelming Violence” “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” — Secretary of Holy War Pete Hegseth ...

At Latest Pentagon Prayer Service, Hegseth Officially Declares Iran War a Holy War, Earnestly Praying for “Overwhelming Violence”
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Jonathan Larsen reports on Grammy-winning singer Michael W. Smith being replaced by long-time MRFF foe VA Secretary Doug Collins for rescheduled prayer service: “Christian Singer Out at Pentagon Praye... Grammy-winning Christian singer Michael W. Smith is no longer set to perform at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s monthly prayer service, according to a Pentagon email today. Instead, the twice-resc...

Jonathan Larsen reports on Grammy-winning singer Michael W. Smith being replaced by long-time MRFF foe VA Secretary Doug Collins for rescheduled prayer service: “Christian Singer Out at Pentagon Prayer Service”

Worldwide Coverage of MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Pushing End-Times Prophecy as Reason for Iran War Enters Fourth Week “The language being reported is not subtle. It echoes the medieval Crusades, when European politics and religion were framed to justify military campaigns in the Middle East as sacred missions sanctio...

Worldwide Coverage of MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Pushing End-Times Prophecy as Reason for Iran War Enters Fourth Week
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Mortar Messiah!!! MRFF Client Finds Poster of Jesus Firing Mortar Round Left in Combat HQ Building by Outgoing Unit “e and a couple of the NCOs were going through some things in the work area of our BN headquarters here at (OCONUS U.S. military installation name withheld)and we discovered a poster of Jesus firing a...

Mortar Messiah!!! MRFF Client Finds Poster of Jesus Firing Mortar Round Left in Combat HQ Building by Outgoing Unit
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In an email thanking MRFF, a DoD mental health professional writes: “Patients are afraid to seek care due to the fear that disclosing dissent even in the medical setting will lead to a report to their... From: (MRFF DoD Client’s E-mail address Withheld)Subject: Official emails for Christian Prayer Service at Pentagon (all service distro)Date: March 16, 2026 at 5:54:34 PM MDTTo: Michael L Weinstein <mi...

In email thanking MRFF, a DoD mental health professional writes: “Patients are afraid to seek care due to the fear that disclosing dissent even in the medical setting will lead to a report to their command.”

Hegseth Gets Grammy Award-Winning Christian Entertainer for Pentagon Worship Service — MRFF Once Again Inundated with Complaints "The Secretary of War invites you to join him next Tuesday, March 17th, in the Pentagon Auditorium (BH650) at 1200 for a Christian prayer and worship service led by Grammy award winning singer and son...

Hegseth Gets Grammy Award-Winning Christian Entertainer for Pentagon Worship Service — MRFF Once Again Inundated with Complaints
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Continuing National And International Coverage of MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Invoking End-Times Prophecy as Reason for Iran War “We look exactly like a ninth version of the eight prior crusades, from the 11th through the 13th century. To Boko Haram, ISIS, the Taliban, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whether they are Shia or...

Continuing National And International Coverage of MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Invoking End-Times Prophecy as Reason for Iran War
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MRFF Advisory Board Member Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (Ret.), Weighs in on Christianist Commanders Painting Iran War as End-Times Prophecy “Today, a similarly negative result of the present Great Awakening has at least two very dangerous components: (1) the marriage of certain evangelical Christian religionists with ultra-Zionist Jews an...

MRFF Advisory Board Member Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (Ret.), Weighs in on Christianist Commanders Painting Iran War as End-Times Prophecy
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MRFF Receives Gratitude from Kathy Gannon, Internationally Lauded Canadian Journalist and Former News Dir. for the AP in Afghanistan and Pakistan: “Mikey it takes remarkable courage for you and your o... Kathy M. Gannon is an internationally acclaimed Canadian journalist and former news director for the Associated Press in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is currently based in Pakistan. In 2014, while re...

MRFF Receives Gratitude from Kathy Gannon, Internationally Lauded Canadian Journalist and Former News Dir. for the AP in Afghanistan and Pakistan: “Mikey it takes remarkable courage for you and your organization[…]”

MS NOW’s Ali Velshi Covers MRFF in Superb Segment on the Dangerous Infusion of Religion into the Iran War by Commanders Pushing End-Times Prophecy “To the extent that you turn it into a religious war, you almost guarantee your own defeat.” — MS NOW (MSNBC) military analyst U.S. Army Col. Jack Jacobs (ret.) on Velshi Click to read

MS NOW’s Ali Velshi Covers MRFF in Superb Segment on the Dangerous Infusion of Religion into the Iran War by Commanders Pushing End-Times Prophecy
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30 Democratic Congress Members Urge DoD Inspector General to Investigate MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Framing Iran War as End-Times Prophecy “We must ensure that military operations are guided by facts and the law, not end-times prophecy and extreme religious beliefs.” — Letter from thirty Democratic members of Congress, led by Reps. Jared...

30 Democratic Congress Members Urge DoD Inspector General to Investigate MRFF Clients’ Complaints of Commanders Framing Iran War as End-Times Prophecy
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Viral International Media Coverage of MRFF’s Revelation that End-Times-Happy Commanders are Telling Troops Iran War is Part of God’s Plan to Bring Jesus Back From the email heard round the world: “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 i...

Viral International Media Coverage of MRFF’s Revelation that End-Times-Happy Commanders are Telling Troops Iran War is Part of God’s Plan to Bring Jesus Back
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MRFF Inundated with Complaints of Gleeful Commanders Telling Troops Iran War is “Part of God’s Divine Plan” to Usher in the Return of Jesus Christ “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...

MRFF Inundated with Complaints of Gleeful Commanders Telling Troops Iran War is “Part of God’s Divine Plan” to Usher in the Return of Jesus Christ
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MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed for The Good Men Project: “Command Pressure, Christian Nationalism, and AI-Driven Militarization” “When you start viewing the military as a praetorian guard meant to serve Caesar rather than the Constitution, something fundamental has gone wrong.” — MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein, inte...

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed for The Good Men Project: “Command Pressure, Christian Nationalism, and AI-Driven Militarization”
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A recently retired VA physician writes: “The white Christian nationalist agenda has infiltrated even the medical care system … Thankfully, MRFF is fighting hard for veterans … and also for VA staff.” From: (Name withheld)Subject: Thank you to MRFF from recently retired VA primary care physicianDate: February 19, 2026 at 8:39:24 PM MSTTo: Mikey Weinstein mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.orgDear Mikey...

A recently retired VA physician writes: “The white Christian nationalist agenda has infiltrated even the medical care system … Thankfully, MRFF is fighting hard for veterans … and also for VA staff.”

MRFF Condemns Hegseth’s Latest Pentagon Christian Worship Service with Personal Pastor Who Says Women Shouldn’t Vote or be in Leadership Roles [New Video from Mikey Weinstein] In a CNN interview last August, Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson proclaimed, among other outrageously misogynistic things, that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote or serve in combat or lead...

MRFF Condemns Hegseth’s Latest Pentagon Christian Worship Service with Personal Pastor Who Says Women Shouldn’t Vote or be in Leadership Roles [New Video from Mikey Weinstein]
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MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed by International Policy Digest on “Christian Nationalism and the Crisis in the U.S. Military” “We are in a domestic war against Christian nationalism—the jet fuel of MAGA. We saw this trajectory in the early 2000s and take no pleasure in being correct. It is now everywhere.” “Within the U.S...

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed by International Policy Digest on “Christian Nationalism and the Crisis in the U.S. Military”
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Military.com Covers MRFF: Hegseth’s DOW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints From MRFF Clients: Members and Contractors “Every time does this, we get more and more people screeching.” “Today, I had someone tell me that their section chief, who was an SES -level civilian, said, ‘Look, the boss wants it. You don't ha...

Military.com Covers MRFF: Hegseth’s DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from MRFF Clients: Members and Contractors
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Retired Air Force officer, USAFA grad, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, writes: “MRFF is needed more than ever now, as Mikey and his team understand the challenges those in uniform face. We cannot just g... From: (MRFF client’s name withheld)Subject: Statement in support of MRFFDate: February 13, 2026 at 2:57:24 PM MSTTo: info@militaryreligiousfreedom.org, mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.orgI wanted to re...

Retired Air Force officer, USAFA grad, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, writes: “MRFF is needed more than ever now, as Mikey and his team understand the challenges those in uniform face. We cannot just go to HR and file a grievance.”

In a thank you note after hearing Mikey Weinstein speak, a MRFF supporter writes: “I pay close attention to people who live with conviction and courage—people like you—because it gives me hope” From: (name withheld)Subject: Just a thank youDate: February 10, 2026 at 1:34:35 PM MSTTo: mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.org Dear Mr. Weinstein,I attended last night’s Veterans for Peace meeting—m...

In a thank you note after hearing Mikey Weinstein speak, a MRFF supporter writes: “I pay close attention to people who live with conviction and courage—people like you—because it gives me hope”

Viral Media Coverage of MRFF’s Shocking Revelation that Troops are Being Pressured by MAGA Military Commanders to See “Melania” Movie Raw Story, The Daily Beast, International Business Times UK, Irish Star, San Francisco Chronicle, and more! “People are scared. They were pressured to see the movie. Your military superior, that's ...

Viral Media Coverage of MRFF’s Shocking Revelation that Troops are Being Pressured by MAGA Military Commanders to See “Melania” Movie
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MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein on The Thom Hartmann Program — VA Chaplains Can’t Mention Alex Pretti; Troops Pressured to See “Melania” “We are at the point now where you actually have to do something. You can’t just sit back, circulate blood, reflect light, and breathe!” — MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein on The Thom Hartma...

MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein on The Thom Hartmann Program — VA Chaplains Can’t Mention Alex Pretti; Troops Pressured to See “Melania”
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