If you become a pilot in the military, and their is still a war going on. Your question should be, WHEN can I go to the war! If this is not your mentality, the military is not for you.


If you're just out of high school, I would enlist in the guard, and use all their benefits to pay for college. I graduated college with all the way up through my CFII with <5k in debt. It was a huge piece of mind to have zero debt within a year of graduating college. When you're close to graduating college apply for pilot positions throughout the country. You could even apply active duty/Navy/Marines if you wish. Joining the guard was the best thing I have ever done.

That's big picture, now search on here as this topic has been discussed hundreds of times before. Check on baseops.net, I would recommend using the search function before posting. This has been discussed one thousand times before on there.

Goodluck.