force his beliefs on soldiers who come to him seeking support. it's a sensitive issue in the wake of a number of high profile incidents of evangelical officers preaching to their subordinates. >> it's a terrible, terrible cancer eating away at the very core of our military. >> reporter: mikey weinstein heads the military religious freedom foundation, a watchdog group that monitors these cases. he is an air force veteran who claims officers often tried to preach to him while he was in the service. >> the chaplains are almost the least of our problem. we're far more concerned with the platoon sergeants and the battalion commanders, the wing commanders. >> reporter: at the air force academy, there have been dodzen of complaints of religious discrimination going back a decade, allegations that cadets were pressured to become evangelical christians. in 2004 lieutenant general boykin, a top operative in commando warfare was criticized for speaking in uniform at religious events talking about his god being the real god.