Are the detailers still being hoared out to sell the snake oil with the"here's how much you actually make" presentation? This was going on 02-05 in TRACOM, when the gates to FEDEX/SWA/Delta were wide open. No bonus inthe world would have kept my friends in, homesteading and being a professional instructor would have kept many.
I’m pretty sure the same folks would continue to suck dick for beer money, bonus or no bonus, some because they love it (living on ships, landing broke dick jets day and night), some because they are scared of outside prospects and are lazy (me), some because they just can't handle the idea of not having someone salute them.
On the religious thing... Had a atheist, downright anti-religion USMC major working for me, he saw any reference to religion as an affront to his right to not hear about religious things... stemmed from a bad experience being forced to sing in the choir at a young age (hell, maybe he was molested or something). There are a few religious troops on the team, not outright proselytizing or anything, but his abrasiveness and lack of respect for them made him un-followable and unrespectable...
He gets paid to lead, and couldn't earn his pay.