After I left the Service I spent a couple of years in recruitment and career change counselling for service personnel (at the time of Options for Change). I tried to explain that most employers had little knowledge of service personnel, and probably neither they nor their parent had direct experience of the forces, other than from "Ain't 'alf hot Mum", "Get Fell In" and "The Navy Lark". I suspect Afghanistan and Iraq have changed that for the better.