I, for one, am confused. Do you want to see the end of those days in which religious coercion is a blight that destroys morale, etc., or do you want to see the end of those days where nosy athiest reporters try to bias the story to suggest that religious effort is essentially coercive (when it is not)?
Just asking', brotha'. :)
This must go by unit. I went to war and, although the environment was quite religion-friendly, it was not in any way coercive. I even thanked the chaplain for obtaining a bunch of paperback books for us to read during downtime. The books were generic, not religious, and didn’t come with any catch like attending a service or such. The chaplain deeply cared about the morale of all troops, not just the religious ones.
However, this isn’t the first story I’ve heard about a coercive unit that alienates the non-religious, through news sources and within the Army.
An old friend told me that when he was in Boot Camp he was offered a choice on his first Sunday morning. Church, or “GI Party”. He chose GI Party....and cleaned toilets with a toothbrush.