Programmer in the US?

Hi there! I spent the last 4 Years ('03-'07) as an Officer with the German Air Force collecting massive experience with large university networks (programming, maintenance) and on electronic warfare live training exercises (management, IT Officer), but I studied Space and Aeronautics and did not finish. I have programming experience in C/C++ since '99 and PHP/html/jscript since '01. I do not have a diploma or degree or anything. Only a military record that tells what I did, and that I did it good! ;-) Sine I see from some of your signatures that some of you are working at US based companies, do you have any tips or experiences how to start off as a programmer or technical manager with such a bad starting position? Getting a greencard once I got a job shouldn't be a problem since I'm cleared up to NATO-Secret. (if that helps) Thank you very much for any help, tips, experiences ... Best Regards, Jan