From Kaiserslautern Germany:

Military men are basically ambivilant on abortion. Peter Feaver from Duke did an extensive study some years back on the values of the officer corps and found that they were actually not significantly more socially conservative than the population. What is true is that any military guy who is pro-life certainly doesn’t get that value from the military, it would have to be part of his makeup beforehand, or acquired from an outside institution. Your take: “There’s also something about putting your life on the line for others and knowing how quickly life can brutally and unfairly end that instills a deeper dedication for the need to protect innocent life” Disagree. The vast majority of servicemen never actually see combat, and although abortion is brutal it is not a direct comparison to the violence of war. If it were that simple to internalize the innocence of a fetus in order to react the way that you described, then we’d already have a pro-life majority. Gregg Cunningham’s work would not be needed. Addtionally, a military man who knocks up a girl reacts pretty much like a civilian.