"Is is not the general consensus that the AF Academy is the most PC of all of the military institutions of higher ed?"
It may be. But the reports of what was taking place there, with semi-official command support, should have given pause to anyone.
One is not at the USAF Academy to be prosletyzed by seniors, or to prosletyze one's subordinates. One is there to be trained to be an Air Force officer. When I was in 'Nam, we didn't give a hoot how (or whether) the guy next to us prayed. We merely sought to keep each other alive until DEROS.
In 1992...I had a new graduate of the AF academy who told me about the arrival of the "religious" mafia...a inside joke about the conservitive religious guys there. They would literally run to the instructor to turn people in for any infraction. I laughed...and then the next month, we got our one of these young Lt's into the office...he started to immedately become a problem. Any offense he found....he reported...even when he did it himself.
Over the last ten years (five as a retired NCO)...I have seen dozens of episodes to demonstrate that the religious nuts have risen up to Major and Col...and they are now problems for the entire AF. Their moral right compass is now making alot of folks consider alternate jobs in life. I never was a liberal or a conservitive...I was simply in the AF to do a job...to make planes fly...and to ensure bombs fell on the right target. The idea that you have to have a moral compass to accompass that...starts to set a disurbing trend...like if smokers should stay in...or if you are living in sin with your girlfriend (I've actually seen Captains question their lifestyle now).
This is not the same AF of our youth...it is heading in a southernly direction with a bad compass...and it needs to be set to a different course.