Originally Posted by Tanker-driver

Here's what I wish I knew when I was in your shoes: Guard/Reserve units will send you to Undergraduate Pilot Training. Find a unit you're interested in that's holding a UPT board (lots of good info on baseops.net in the forums and "aviation jobs" sections), and go interview. If you're picked up, you'll attend UPT knowing what airframe you're going to and may have the flexibility to pursue that 121 job significantly sooner.