Let's keep a sense of proportion here! My hundreds of hours flying IFR (night and day) at 200 feet chasing submarines did help my instrument flying competence when I went for my commercial IR. My hundreds of hours sling loading supplies at sea helped me when I was sling loading camera equipment around the mountains during the Winter Olympics, my experience flying live SAR helped me get a job as a civvy SAR Captain, my 4 years as a military flight instructor serves me well to this day.
I am just one of many. I suggest you check your facts before making sweeping statements that only serve to diminish your credibility. There are dullards in every walk of life but I don't appreciate being put in that category by a colleague who does not know me.
G.
