I think you must be right. Eric says that guys have come up to him out of the blue and asked him about the Lord.
IMO, 9/11 changed people more than we may realize......especially the young. Like the President says, one soul at at time.
Don't get me wrong, Kipling's line about "young men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints" still applies, and there is still a lot of immoral behavior in the military, but on the whole, Christians in the military seem much more willing to be open about it. There are even some that say grace at the dinner-table.
Personally, I don't care who's around, when it's time for me to go to bed, I hit my knees and say my prayers like I always do.
/john