Hegseth shares air rescue group’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ prayer at Pentagon service

 https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5834822-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-reference/

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday repeated an air rescue group’s prayer that borrows from a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Pulp Fiction.”

During a Pentagon service, Hegseth said the prayer — called CSAR 25:17, an apparent reference to Ezekiel 25:17 in the Bible — was recited during a mission to recover the pilot of a U.S. F-15E fighter jet shot down in Iran earlier this month.

On Thursday, videos of Hegseth reading the prayer circulated online, with some users and media outlets assuming Hegseth believed he was reading actual scripture.

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Thursday advised Hegseth to tone down religious references in briefings on the conflict with Iran, arguing they distract from the operational details outlined by military leaders.