Originally Posted by bedrock

Excuse me if this has been addressed already, but if you go into the military it isn't just changing flying careers, it is agreeing to sacrifice your actual life if called upon to do so. You pose the question as if it were simply a career question, but have you considered the possibility of being taken prisoner, tortured, maimed or killed? Your question seems to be what can I get out of being in the military, when the question is what can the military get out of you. It is called military service, afterall.