VIDEO : Potential 'Venom' Spoilers: Could Eddie Brock's Backstory Be Altered?

A new set photo from Sony's upcoming 'Venom' film depicts Tom Hardy in military gear?which is odd as Eddie Brock, the incarnation of Venom that Hardy was announced as playing, has no military background.
Another Venom from the comics does, though: former Spider-Man supporting character Flash Thompson, who took on the Venom symbiote after losing his legs during a tour of Iraq, becoming the government sanctioned ?Agent Venom.? Could it be an indication that Hardy?s Brock will borrow that angle for the film? Or is Eddie just getting a military background unrelated to the Agent Venom storyline?