Originally Posted by
bunk22
Remember for the Navy and Marine Corps, the needs of the service come first. If you make the tailhook cut (50+ Navy Standard Score) and there are no tailhook slots available, you will get what is available. About 50% of all Navy pilots are helo pilots and about 75% of all Marine Corps pilots are helo pilots.
The same applies to the rest of the services, it just seems that more USAF officers (yes, you are an officer first) forget that than those of the other services.