I'll have to ask my eldest son. He's in the Air force, and an atheist. After Basic and Tech School, he has always lived off base, except now that he's on Okinawa. He did tell me that in the barracks, there were NCOs dragooning the students in the TV room or break areas, coercing them to come to buybull study or prayer meetings, or whatever. He hangs out with the heathens, and ignored those guys. It's tough, when the guys outrank you, though.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.