Sauron
February 28th 2003, 01:07 AM
Not sure where this belongs....so I stuck it here... :D
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13703-2003Feb27.html
In Kuwait, Baptism Before the Gunfire
Faced With Threat of War in Iraq, Many Marines Turn to Religion
By Jonathan Finer and Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 28, 2003; Page A01
LIVING SUPPORT AREA 7, Kuwait -- While hundreds of Marines with rifles slung over their shoulders looked on, eight young men in green shorts and T-shirts approached the altar during last Sunday's church services at this military camp in the northern Kuwaiti desert. One by one they received blessings from a chaplain and plunged into a freshly dug pool to be baptized, emerging to raucous applause.
As war approaches, the canvas chapels in Kuwait's military camps and logistics bases are jammed with worshipers, many of whom have not crossed the threshold of a church back home in years. The sermons on placing faith in a higher power at moments of crisis seem to resonate more strongly now than ever with many Marines.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13703-2003Feb27.html
In Kuwait, Baptism Before the Gunfire
Faced With Threat of War in Iraq, Many Marines Turn to Religion
By Jonathan Finer and Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 28, 2003; Page A01
LIVING SUPPORT AREA 7, Kuwait -- While hundreds of Marines with rifles slung over their shoulders looked on, eight young men in green shorts and T-shirts approached the altar during last Sunday's church services at this military camp in the northern Kuwaiti desert. One by one they received blessings from a chaplain and plunged into a freshly dug pool to be baptized, emerging to raucous applause.
As war approaches, the canvas chapels in Kuwait's military camps and logistics bases are jammed with worshipers, many of whom have not crossed the threshold of a church back home in years. The sermons on placing faith in a higher power at moments of crisis seem to resonate more strongly now than ever with many Marines.