I find it hilarious that they are studying him to find out how to help soldiers survive when a soldier is close to the exact opposite of a holy man.
Soldiers have been delivering religion to the unwilling to listen for many a generation

What's odd is they are "studying" this dude. I mean...if he's doing just as well next april after being under the same scutiny for a year...well that would be a story worthy of the interwebs.
I vote bat shit crazy as well.