AZ -

I'm starting to sound like a borken record on this one but I really do feel it is sound advice. DO NOT JOIN THE MILITARY IF ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS FLY!
Realize that joining the military is much more than just the job. It is overall responsibility and there are SO many more things that you will be doing than just flying. Even without the UAVs or the PC-12s (if that is a bad deal) coming out of flight school, you may very well spend a significant amount of time out of the cockpit. One of the BIGGEST issues right now in the USN are Individual Augments - assignments OUT of the cokcpit for upto a year at a time - mostly doing something very far removed from flying (Personnel Officer for example in one case)

Point being. Join the military for the right reasons. Realize the sacrifices that are required and that it won't always be rosy. But if you do fly - be ready for some of the most exciting times that you can imagine!

Oh.....take all of this with a grain of salt - epspecially if you decide to apply for the new Navy Warrent Officer flight program (something akin to the Army's program)

USMCFLYR