There is a lack of awareness on the part of some faculty and staff, and perhaps some senior cadets, as to what constitutes appropriate expressions of faith," said Brady.
Brady said he was unsure whether many of the incidents qualified as intolerance, but said "there's certainly insensitivity" at the institution.
"Yes, I think there were cases where people said some things perhaps from a lecturn that were overreaching, forgetting their position, that put cadets perhaps in an untenable position in terms of, 'Gee, am I going to pass Physics 101 if I don't agree with this guy?,"' he said.
The controversy has rocked the Air Force Academy just as it was trying to emerge from a 2003 rape scandal in which dozens of women said their complaints of sexual harassment were ignored.
The Citizen service we have had in the D o D has had at its fundemental core value that every red blooded american who is willing to give his blood, sweat, and tears for the service of this country is a brother in the warrior caste.
But i think here some folks crossed the line. Me, I'm not saying strong belief is bad but if people feel intimidation and are... well sheep, then you have yourself a recipe for a disaster and a recipie for the kind of blind thinking which will lead our armed forces to disaster
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