Nobody is telling you to go back to infantry work as part of an application to military aviation. Don't take what an ARMY Reserve (biggest oxymoron I've ever heard....there's no reserve in the ARMY, you're going too LOL) recruiter puts on the table regarding upflows into the warrant helo world as descriptive or indicative of the application, training process and job particulars of military aviation in the Air Force Reserves or the Air National Guard. You're correct, Guard and Reserve gigs are nominally tougher to get than even AD pilot slots, but by no means are they a backdoor draft "warrant helo school" bait and switch promise to put you back in asscrackistan on the ground with an M-16.

As to civilian flight training, airline job prospects and the expenditure of money to attain that end? ....Don't do it, that gig is dead for the median. That means you by the way, the median. Get an education that leads to a vocation you can tolerate and make enough money to take care of your life needs and allow you to fly for fun. Believe me, A/P engage gets old after a while. You won't be doing any tactical flying at the airlines either and getting paid in ILSs doesn't appease the mortgage bank, to add insult to injury.

Good luck to you.