I was duped. Joined T.A (signals)......I know, I know, not the real army, STAB on brother and all that...because I wanted to learn about survival, (plus I like landies and assualt courses). Never did a single bit of survival training (in the tracking/shelter/ fire making sense). I was completely ready too as when I joined I had green dreadlocks with feathers sewn in.....perfect camo
I think my love of outdoors and all things bushcraft is irrelevant to whether or not I have a military(ish) background as for me the two didn't overlap. Do wish I had more knowledge of some of the military based stuff though that you guys would have learned, as reckon it would improve my bushcraft skills.
I think it depends on who your tp cdr is and what importance he places on non-core skills. There is a move now to bring specialists into many sqns/units (survival skills graduates from SERE School in the RAF, and trackers who've done the mil tracking skills course in the Army) and they then do related activities and help give some skills and understanding to the other personnel.
I don't know how widespread it is yet but it's promising!