In a technical role, or as a grunt? If the former, what branch and how was it?

All roles in a modern military these days are pretty technical, even if you are an infantry soldier. There is a lot of sophisticated equipment and complicated and dangerous situations. I wouldn't call anyone a grunt.

But not a CS technical role, no. I was an officer in the Medical Corps.

It was awesome - most of my friends with normal jobs got bad graduate blues but I was active and doing things with real impact. It was exactly what I needed.

Sorry - I meant "grunt" in the sense of "POGs" / what your MOS was. Thank you for your service, especially as a corpsman.