Don't worry about it Al, I came out at the back end of a deep recession, and I was turning jobs down.
People with experience and a good military background are always in demand, no matter what is happening to the general workforce of semi skilled, salesmen and Kentucky Fried fodder.
You'll have to show us what you have been up to, otherwise the buggers on here will have you walking the plank.
Aye Aye Cap'n