No.
Unless you have a burning desire to fly fast jets - then there's only one place you can do it. But best to do so on a SSC if available.
Everything else can be done outside. You can even get shot at in AfgIrak as a Journo. For more money. Much more.
And sadly the positive secondary effects are also dwindling; mess life, course/sqn spirit etc. Much of it is a sign of the times. A great proportion of it is a downward slide of service values and principles.