Which potential degree path should I choose, a tech degree such as software development or cyber security, or a business degree?

Side note: Be careful not only of the degree's major, but also of the school's quality of where you are going. Some for-profit schools offer easy degrees to veterans, but offer mediocre job placement or poor reputation. Whether you choose a business or tech degree, be sure it is from a good school and not a predatory diploma mill.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/opinion/for-profit-college-veterans.html

This is just my opinion, SSG Brook. That and fifty cents might get you a Coke. I can turn on my computer most of the time without crashing it. My undergrad was in Management Information Systems; IS as a strategic business asset. It was 75% business administration, 25% computer stuff.

I always thought success in IT was better found in certifications. Security+, Network+, CCNA, MCSE, and the like. Sec+ and Net+ were always popular, and not as hard to attain as the CCNA and MCSE (so I heard, I never tried any of them). All of those certs I mentioned have been around for a while, and are still popular. A lot of jobs I saw after graduating lent more vale to those certs than my degree.

You’re right, though. A business admin degree is very flexible, and the paradigms that you would learn and exploit after graduation are fundamental and stable.

I don't know if this will help, but my brother pursued a degree in accounting and took computer programming for electives. He then worked for Defense Contracts as an auditor. He later received a degree in Finance and began working in the private sector as a financial advisor. He became a Chief Financial Officer and vice president of a software company specializing in artificial intelligence that has many military contracts. I offer that as evidence that the degree gets you in the door, but it is up to you to pursue your goals.