Author: Carlos Bertha
Dr. Carlos Bertha is an associate professor in the Philosophy Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he teaches ethics, applied reasoning, symbolic logic, and philosophy of science. He also serves as the faculty advisor to the Cadet Secular Student Alliance Freethinkers Group. Dr. Bertha is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and in that capacity teaches intermediate level education.
Why Chaplains Should Be Contracted, Not Commissioned
The Air Force Chaplain Corps provides spiritual care and the opportunity . . . [for Air Force members] to exercise their Constitutional right to the free exercise of religion. —From the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps History and Mission (airforce.com) I have always questioned the presence of, say, a dharma wheel or Jewish tablets adorning a chaplain’s …