Military experience: premium or discounted?

Honest truth: before you adjust for appreciation for their service, do you subconsciously add a premium or discount to someone's prior military service vs someone who did x before applying to work for you? What would x be that is the civilian equivalent in your mind to prior military experience? Assume military experience was general management (officer) type.

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