Did faith have an impact on your military experience? How?

Yes SMSgt Tony Barnes faith has made a tremendous impact on my life as a soldier.
When I enlisted in 1974, I was an atheist and had limited faith in myself, the soldiers I served with come of whom I saw prove to be untrustworthy and unfaithful, the leaders who are fallible and the system known as the Army which although relatively sound in design, organization and function is fallible.
In 1987, I recognized my need for God since everything else I had tried brought nothing reliable to my life. From then until I left the Army in 2008 and since my faith in God which is based on a personal daily relationship with Him sustained me. The more I placed my faith absolutely in Him the greater He worked in my life from healing me from shingles and a prostate infection after Fort Benning doctors misdiagnosed me; He sovereignly raising my infant son from the dead at 6 months even after I argued with Him; He convinced me to not give up during the buy out in October 1992 and led me to a wonderful career plus gave me childhood dream back by allowing me to serve in the military in the USAR and get promoted to LTC after being passed over twice just in time for me to serve after 9/11/2001; and He healed me on the operating room table at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2003 after I lost 15 units of blood. Those of are some of the highlights of what God did for me as I served His people as a teacher and usher from 1989 until the present.I was not really religious. However my faith in God which is based on a personal daily relationship with Him sustained me. The more I placed my faith absolutely in Him the greater He worked in my life from healing me from shingles and a prostate infection after Fort Benning doctors misdiagnosed me; He sovereignly raising my infant son from the dead at 6 months even after I argued with Him; He liked me to not give up during the buy out in October 1992 and led me to a wonderful career plus gave me childhood dream back by allowing me to serve in the military in the USAR and get promoted to LTC after being passed over twice just in time for me to serve after 9/11/2001; and He healed me on the operating room table at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2003 after I lost 15 units of blood. Those of are some of the highlights of what God did for me as I served His people as a teacher and usher from 1989 until the present.

I used my faith to guide me in my interactions with my subordinates and all I came in contact with during my time in the Air Force.

Faith in my Brother and Sisters in arms and my training.