It would probably depend on the branch of the military you were in, the type of training you had and what your experiences were while in.

When I joined the military I was actually told by one of the intructors on the rifle range that they would rather teach someone that has never handled a firearm vrs someone that had experience. The novice tends to listen better and do what they are told. The person with experience already has bad habbits that are very hard to get rid of. He also said women tend to shoot better than the men once they get comfortable with the weapon.

That being said there were three of us with previous experience in Basic training and we all scored expert on the rifle range. Along with maybe 5 or 6 others that had never shot a gun before, out of about 60 men and women.

I can actually see his point now though. When I show someone how to shoot a bow I would rather have someone that has never shot one before vrs trying to help somene that has been doing it wrong for 10 years. And I have also found that women take direction better than men if you encourage them.

I would say someone trained in combat or special operations type people would be able to hunt well. They would be used to stress, would most likely be able to stay still and quiet and would be used to dealing with the elements.

Take someone like me that was just a mechanic on jets in the Air Force and my military training did very little to help me with hunting. Maybe the one good thing was the military helps you to pay attention and learn. So your learning curve might be faster than others.

Paul