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Air Force Academy reinforces its long standing policy on appropriate use of government email.

Air Force Academy – Complaints this fall about staff members putting New Testament verses at the bottom of their Air Force Academy e-mail recently led to a crackdown on the practice.

Lt. Col. Laurent Fox said academy officials sent a memo to everyone at the school Sept. 15 explaining the policy for using government e-mail.

“People were not aware of the policy against it,” Fox said Thursday. “None of this (Bible or personal signature notes) is appropriate, and it says this in Air Force instructions.”

Last week, academy superintendent Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa said the school would bolster its religious tolerance training after a survey showed evidence of harassment or pressure toward cadets based on their beliefs.

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