Does being deployed to a 3rd world country change our religious beliefs and practices?

I would bet many have found God on the battlefield. I see prayer as a way of drawing strength in times where one needs either comfort or fortitude.

Yes, I think any situation with increased danger brings people closer to God. Even for those who don't currently believe in God, but especially for those who do. And the third world aspect of it ... we see that third world and how those folks live, and we thank God for all the blessings we have in the USA.

I can honestly say I have deployed to third world holes I mean countries and never once did my religious beliefs and practices change. Before deployment I was a non-practicing Catholic, during deployment I was non-practicing Catholic, and still today I am a non-practicing Catholic. I resigned myself to the fact that if I should die me the man upstairs would discuss it then. Just because I deployed I was not changing who I am or was.