I'm a civilian, but you're right when you say the military. The gov't in general is very slow to adapt to new standards of hiring and day to day operations. We're reactionary and never proactive. Case in point with what's happening on the border right now. No plan in place for the massive influx of humanity when they rolled back the previous administration's policies.
I am going to focus on my career field and hopefully transfer as many credits as I can from any required learning I've taken and/or my academy I went through. Pursuing a degree in Homeland Security, which I think is funny because it's a BA. The Art of hunting down terrorists. I kinda like that.