I've always heard that a large component of the military to civilian transition is going from a highly structured environment where you're told what to do and w

I've always heard that a large component of the military to civilian transition is going from a highly structured environment where you're told what to do and where to be to a completely unstructured one where it's up to you to make it up as you go along; viewed along that axis it makes perfect sense that high religious attendance would make for a much less jarring transition.