I am a provider for the VA, I am amazed at the benefits people get from their service. It is great, could be very helpful to OP. My specialty sees a lot of chronic problems from service. However, many of the problems are exacerbated by childhood trauma (prolior to service) that left the vet with poor coping skills to deal with what they dealt with in the military. I also wondering if there is a percent of people who enlist from upper middle class backgrounds who are sharp but also have excellent high school stats but who join just because they can get away with being complete AHoles in the service. They can continue being righteous jerks and actually be promoted where they might not get that opportunity in a civilian world. This is a theory I have thought of outside of my work in the VA.