Originally Posted by
BOGSAT
Fly for and serve your country? Active duty, Guard, or Reserve. Good pay and benes, etc. Serve a cause greater than yourself. Best training in the world to boot. If you don't like it after your committiment, jump.
That's an 11-12 year commitment after officer training and UPT.
Long time if you get screwed into a UAV and won't do much if you have follow-on airline dreams.