Originally Posted by
hugeyetti
Haha, yea I am a senior in college, this is all great info everyone. Thank you for all giving me some advice on the military topic. And by the way I have a 2.9 gpa, hopefully this last year I can get to 3.0, kind of low. But it is what it is, I have been raising it every year now. Um but about the military, I have heard stories about pilots going to officer training and then never even flying. How does that work? Seems like such a gamble, but an awesome gamble. ha.
Get a guaranteed flight contract from the Marines and go to OCS. It doesn't guarantee you'll get the gig, but it guarantees you'll get your shot to compete. You need a 2.0 or higher GPA and a degree.
Otherwise, you can fly for the Army. If you want to fly Helos, and you have a degree, you might as well go to OCS in the Marines, AF, Navy to become an Officer, rather than the Army where 99% of the pilots are Warrant Officers.
The Coast Guard also has an unlimited budget. If you can get a pilot gig there I promise you'll feel like a superstar flying those choppers.