Atheists in Foxholes

[AFTT47]

I wore "atheist" on my dogtags ... but I was smart enough to join the Air Force, so no foxholes here

I served in D'haran, Saudi Arabia during Southern Watch as a member of the US Air Force, shortly after Desert Storm. I don't remotely think of myself as a hero for that but there were two incidents that took the lives of my fellow military members there. An Air National Guard unit was bombed there previously:

http://www.qmfound.com/14th_Quartermaste...chment.htm

and the living quarters I stayed in were bombed later:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing

I wore "NO PREF" on my ID TAGS (I'm not a dog) which is what was available in 1985 when I joined. The "No Atheists in Fox Holes" thing pisses me off to no end. I sure as hell didn't change my beliefs during combat. If I had, that would have reflected on my own weakness - not the truth of my beliefs. If I had been killed there, I would have died an atheist - for all the good or bad it would have done me or anyone else.