I hate to tell you, boys and girls, getting out into the big wide world of golden opportunity ain't going to be the path to riches and stability that you yearn for.
It's even worse out here - you think that the bean counters drive the Forces? You ain't seen nothin' yet! I'll bet you just can't wait to experience the REAL professional bean counters getting at you to cut, for example, office costs. Try working out a 20% saving target - counted paper clip usage recently? Had to convince bored staff that they should use the reverse side of used paper for draft documents to reduce the paper bill?
Suffered the policy changes brought about by knee jerk reaction to press sensationalism? Had to drop everything and provide a mountain of stats just to allow a politician to prove to the press that they ARE doing something? [Then the lorryloads of paper are taken to the local power station to be shredded and burned without actually been read].
Sorry to be a bit of a wet blanket, but the only thing you will lose is the peripheral rubbish you suffer in uniform - the niff-naff and trivia that causes Victor Meldrew to exclaim 'I don't believe it!'
Oh, and the salary scales out here leave a lot to be desired...