Marine helos rock. I flew 46s for 6 years and loved it. We are flying officers who fly 300hrs a year, paid better and get to lead marines. The whole well rounded officer concept is extremely rewarding to me. I flew grunts in, and flew them out. Seems simple but it was taking these heroes into battle and out. Got shot at going in and out and brought out wounded/dead. Nothing will ever change the images of when I looked back. I saw scared guys going to battle, hurt, dying and dead and happy to see us getting them out of there.

As a leader I had over 55 marines under my leadership and care. Challenging and rewarding at the same time.

I guess I trying to say is that I had a great experience that made me better as a person. My Army friends enjoyed their time but not as well as I did. Our
missions, leadership opportunities and grunt support is above most experiences .

My two cents and biased opinion.