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“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald #Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints … from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanlarsen/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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AquaClaire Mar 3

@fsinn Seeking to verify this, I looked up the Military Religious Freedom Foundation & its website https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org where such a statement might logically be posted, & do not see it there. Has this info been checked?
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kauer Mar 3

@AquaClaire @fsinn @boggo @BrianJopek Thank you for checking. I too was unable to find anything to independently corroborate the story. Which is not to say it didn't happen, just that outrage-inducing stories need even more careful checking than ones that don't tickle our biases...

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boggo Mar 3

@kauer @AquaClaire @fsinn @BrianJopek yep, I mean it’s something I’d imagine would happen that would outrage me but there is 0 evidence this actually happened 🙃

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Francisca Sinn Mar 3

@boggo @kauer @AquaClaire @BrianJopek

Th original piece was sourced.

“MRFF has received over 200 calls from more than 50 military installations across all the services since Saturday reporting similar disturbing pronouncements from their Christian zealot commanders”

https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/

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 troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of

Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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kauer

@fsinn @boggo @AquaClaire @BrianJopek Thanks! Yes, now it does have a corresponding story on the source site. That story wasn't there last night (my time). This is certainly an improvement. Hopefully another outlet will be able to provide other first-hand accounts from military people.