That's an extremely uninformed statement. The risks associated with much of naval aviation are equally applicable during peacetime and/or training. I have several aviator-type friends who have died or nearly died in southern California or over the pacific during routine training. Don't know anyone personally who has died flying in Iraq/Afghanistan. USMC/USA attack helo guys are at some of the highest risk over there.

A decision to to pursue a military flying job would be longer-term than the present conflict...after 4+ years of college, 1 year of pool/OCS, 2 years of flight school, 1-2 years in the RAG/FRS the middle esat thing might have cooled off, or we could be involved in something totally different somewhere else.