Originally Posted by Voski

I'm an active duty Army warrant officer and want to throw in my few cents.

Given your age, try to go active duty. Guard can and will send guys to flight school that are over age 33, but you're gambling since it's not a surefire way to flight school. Your best move would be to put in a packet ASAP for active duty, do your flight school + active duty requirement (ends up being around 8 years AD) and then transfer into the Guard.

The Army is great and you'll have some really cool experiences, but there's also a lot more b.s. associated with it than many other jobs out there. The Guard is ideal because you do the same amount of flying as active duty but with hardly any of the day-to-day b.s.