Report: 'So help me God' no longer mandatory part of US Air Force enlistment oath

Change is coming to the Air Force:

CNN JUST IN: U.S.Air Force ends mandatory "So help me God" part of enlistment oath

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) September 17, 2014

More from the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

A Creech Air Force Base technical sergeant who scratched the words “so help me God” from his oath paperwork will be allowed to re-enlist, according to a legal opinion issued Wednesday by the Secretary of Defense General Counsel.

“The resulting opinion concluded that an individual may strike or omit the words ‘So help me God’ from an enlistment or appointment oath if preferred,” Lt. Col. Christoper P. Karns, an Air Force spokesman, wrote in an email.

He said the Air Force will soon update its instructions, but the policy change is effective now.

https://twitter.com/jteeDC/status/512341405860397056

So far, reaction is mixed:

https://twitter.com/mullrainee/status/512340251541786625

@vplus @jaketapper The more society gives in to liberal/progressive demands, the more fucked up the world becomes. #hellinhandbasket

— paulyballgame ?? (@paulyballgame) September 17, 2014

Good move… RT @vplus: CNN JUST IN: U.S.Air Force ends mandatory "So help me God" part of enlistment oath

— Pat120 (@Pat120) September 17, 2014

https://twitter.com/USCBully/status/512344696354779136

@cdyjr Ultimately, they serve the country. What God they believe (or don't) believe in doesn't mean a lick so long as they uphold the oath.

— Black d20 (@OnyxIcosahedron) September 17, 2014

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Big win. Congrats to our friends at AHA. RT @americnhumanist: "So Help Me God" No longer required in USAF oath! http://t.co/o6sfbAd1VK

— American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist) September 17, 2014

Let the butt hurt commence "@vplus: CNN JUST IN: U.S.Air Force ends mandatory "So help me God" part of enlistment oath"

— Andrew (@ndyWillis) September 17, 2014

https://twitter.com/DerekStolpa/status/512345656501866496

Wow “@jteeDC: This will go over well. RT @vplus: CNN JUST IN: U.S.Air Force ends mandatory "So help me God" part of enlistment oath”

— Poont (@Tendin2) September 17, 2014

@vplus @jaketapper

I took the oath when I was sworn in & it made me feel good! I'm not sure I want the man next to me to reject this oath.

— Rocky from Nebraska (@rockonblaze) September 17, 2014

https://twitter.com/ANishlovanz/status/512346386071691264

@vplus @jaketapper
Sad that that's a priority in our country. Sad that our traditions are being dismantled for the intolerance of a few

— Jason Spears (@jasonalanspears) September 17, 2014