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NFO? Well OBV you aviators wouldn't notice the religious folks, cus you're all convinced that YOU are GOD!

Unavoidable bubblehead to flyboy barbs aside:
The LCDR who was busting my balls over the woman in Australia was a born again Christian who was attempting to force his own religious beliefs upon me by using his poor understanding of the UCMJ.

The SI swimsuit pix issue was brought to a head by the new XO, an evangelical, and an EM1, a devout mormon for wholly personal religious reasons vice worries about PCness.

These were just 2 examples. I have numerous stories, most seen in the surface and aviation communities. I didn't see a whole lot of the preaching BS on subs or SPECOPs for the simple reason that neither community really has time for the BS. As we both know, SURF ships, esp Carriers, have tons of room to carry marginally contributing sailors. To a lesser extent, in my experience, some air squadrons also carry a little loose change in their support personell.

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Just because there were individuals who tried to force their beliefs on you in whatever fashion does not mean there is a systematic "religionization" of the military. Again, I've been doing this carrier aviation thing for almost ten years now and I can think of one person that was noticeable in his religious beliefs. He was the CO of the one of the Hornet squadrons in m Air Wing and about the pushiest he got was organizing a weekly Bible study class for officers. I cant speak for any other warfare community but I can assure there is very little of what you are talking about going on in Naval Aviation.

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I disagree wholeheartedly. The USAFA, UNA, and USMA are the core training points for the future of each of the service's officer corps. The numbers in the Officer food chain end up with a significant %(% much greater than the entry accesions %) of the CDR/LTCOL and above officers in each service being academy graduates. Attempting to indoctrinate them religiously whilst they are captive for 4 years is both wrong and longterm damaging to the force.

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I agree that (should it be true) what is going on at USAFA is wrong. During my 4 years at USNA I never saw anything of the sort. But it still doesn't indicate that this is a military wide or even Air Force wide problem.

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On a different note, what flavour NFO are you, fast mover, fixed wing, or you actually work for a living , rotary wing?

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In case you didnt figure it out, fast movers. EA-6Bs to be exact.