| Does anybody know if the schooling and experience in the military
would have
| any value when attempting to get an A&P certificate from the FAA?

Certain enlisted MOS's (jobs) in the military dealing with aircraft
maintenance qualify the military member to take the written, oral and
practical tests for an A&P license. Unfortunately, the military
training for those qualifying MOS's don't necessarily prepare the
applicant to pass any of those tests (lots of USAF crewchiefs never
laid a wrench on a reciprocating engine or repaired a fabric covered
flight control) so there are some schools that specialize in cramming
that extra knowledge into the cranium of military mechanics just so
they can pass the tests. I retired from the military as an aviator
but decided to get an A&P so I could work on my own plane. While I
have to sit through 18 months of training before I take the FAA tests,
the qualifying military mechanic can take the tests anytime he or she
feels they know the material and can demonstrate to the DME a
practical application of that knowledge.