Comments on: Email Report Regarding Jewish Troops at Ft. Benning http://www.operationsupportjewsinthemilitary.com/jews-military/ft-benning/ Calling on the Jewish community to support Jews serving in the U.S. military Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Neil Block http://www.operationsupportjewsinthemilitary.com/jews-military/ft-benning//comment-page-1#comment-136 Neil Block Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.operationsupportjewsinthemilitary.com/?p=444#comment-136 Some minor clarification: The Sunday AM service is part of the schedule for BASIC TRAINING troops, not the army in general. Basic trainees have a very restricted and compact schedule with little to no flexibility. All other army troops may attend worship services of their choice at whatever time and place they choose. Basic training lasts for only 11 to 14 weeks after which a new cadre of troops arrives. Approximately 1,000 troops per year rotate through the Jewish Program. If not for Jewish Federation of Columbus, a relatively tiny community, it would be impossible to sustain this worthwhile and impacting program. Thanks to the Federation and its supporters. Neil Block Captain, US Navy, Retired US Naval Academy 1961 Some minor clarification:

The Sunday AM service is part of the schedule for BASIC TRAINING troops, not the army in general. Basic trainees have a very restricted and compact schedule with little to no flexibility. All other army troops may attend worship services of their choice at whatever time and place they choose. Basic training lasts for only 11 to 14 weeks after which a new cadre of troops arrives. Approximately 1,000 troops per year rotate through the Jewish Program.

If not for Jewish Federation of Columbus, a relatively tiny community, it would be impossible to sustain this worthwhile and impacting program.

Thanks to the Federation and its supporters.

Neil Block
Captain, US Navy, Retired
US Naval Academy 1961

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