I can definitely comment here. I was also in the same boat a few years ago. I was a US Army Officer for 5 years, and now I'm a senior research engineer. First, here are my observations after getting "into" the tech industry: 1) I've observed I have a huge amount of leadership experience compared to my peers. This doesn't mean I run in commanding, no..it means I know how to get people to do things that need to be done. I can motivate people, align their viewpoints...which means I can change my view if needed. 2) You're going to be far ahead of your peers on things like organization, work ethic, world view, etc. 3) I've found it useful not to talk about my military experience. I will occasionally, but seems to be what people focus on if you do...and this isn't generally what you want.

As far as operations, you should be golden. I can't count how many times I've used the same skills I'd use to plan an operation to plan projects. They're exactly the same skill sets, just different semantics and new acronyms to learn. You might contact student veterans of america. Even if you're not a student, they usually have "tech" resume workshops that can help you translate for the civilian audience.