Originally Posted by
2loud
If you are dead set on flying fixed wing, your best bet is the Air Force, the Navy, then the Marine Corp IMHO.
Wrong. Generally, helos are the preferred slot for Coast Guard students at P-Cola. I had many an advanced FW student in Corpus that was not there because that was their choice. They were voluntold to go fixed. Granted, with demise of the Falcon, it's now just Hercs, Casa, and from what I understand, now C-27, so it's gonna be a prop. But you're flying a ton, and doing the mission daily. I retired with over 5K hours. I can't tell you how many times I heard at our joint service squadron "I wish I'd known about the CG back in college". Inter service transfer paperwork was constantly being submitted.
If you are in college and reading this, now you can't use that excuse. You're welcome.