You are in the service, my question I have for you is do you have security clearance, and which ones do you have? I live near many defense contractors, having top secret security clearance is like gold in terms of getting a job. If you have security clearance, do your best to maintain that level or even increase your level. Whatever experience you have in the IT field will be heavily augmented by your having security clearance. That alone will put you above many other candidates as far as getting a job.