Not a chance!
The military is, and always will be a 'face fits' organisation where an ability to do the job doesn't always mean moving up the promotion scale. If either of my kids have aspirations to be succesful at anything then the military is the last place that will do them any good. You're nothing but a small cog in a big machine and so your true potential isn't realised - to the detriment of your career and, more importantly, income.
After leaving the RAF seven years ago I've nearly trebled my income doing my dream job - the job the military said I wasn't good enough to do inside its hallowed doors. If that doesn't prove the above point then I don't know what does
Am I bitter about 15 wasted years - not totally, but only because I've had the last laugh
CM