You seem to have a bit of a chip on your shoulder regarding military aircrew, I wonder why? If military guys are such high risk it doesn't make sense to me that everyone I know who has left in recent years has secured employment with quality aviation employers all round the world. I agree, it's a different mindset but the vast majority of them make the transition smoothly and have plenty to offer. Bristow will no doubt utilise some of the expertise currently residing within military SAR, to not do so would be high risk indeed.
In truth mostly pisstaking due to some of the BS on this thread. We have plenty of good guys who are ex-mil. We have a few who have never really left the mil and spend their civvy lives saying "when I was in the RAF/RN we did it like this...", not very good at CRM and always want to buck the system. These guys can be a pain!