flying on active duty
Travis,
Enjoy your military career and don't compromise it for an FAA rating (the FAA, the ratings, and those hours will be there when you have served...). It took me 4 years to get a PPL. Oh well, like Josh said I gained life experience that will serve me better in the long run...Flight training schools / academies will be around forever...Enjoy seeing the world at 100 knots while you can...
-LA