This.

Former Navy pilot here, now flying 121 and a Air Guard pilot. I liked a lot about my Navy career, most especially the flying. However, flying isn't your primary duty as a Navy officer and you really won't fly that much unless you're pretty lucky. There are a lot of non-flying jobs you're supposed to do in order to keep moving up the food chain.

That being said, by the time you're done with you're initial commitment (8yrs in Navy, vs I think 10yrs in the AF), you'll be very employable at a major airline - of you're able to get back to back flying tours, which is not even remotely guaranteed.

As much as I liked aspects of the Navy (our uniforms are far cooler than the air force!), if I could go back in time and do it all over again I'd go Air Guard and try to get a few years of active duty flying, then guard bum for a while until I needed the money from a full time job (married, kids, etc), then get hired on at an airline.

One nice thing about being a guard baby is you KNOW what you'll fly following UPT. Going AD Navy, AF, or Marines could result in flying helos (which are AWESOME, but hard to get on with a major at the end). Some AF guys get tagged to fly drones, but I don't know how many.

Just depends on what your end goals are. I can't speak highly enough of military aviation training and I did get to do a lot of very cool things that I'll never get to do at my 121 gig (at least not and keep my job).

PM if you have Navy specific aviation questions.