[hereforphone]

I was military first then worked for defense contractors for a decade or so. In the areas I worked (several countries including war zones), at the levels I worked (secret, TS/SCI), in the agencies I worked with (DoD, special operations groups, intelligence organizations), I did not experience what you're claiming.

[sandworm101]

If you were American and in war zones then you were probably handling operational intelligence rather than strategic.