I am an Air Force pilot. I really only know the military way of flying. Going that route you kinda miss a lot of what the civilian counterparts had. I didn't see the blank spots until I wanted to start flying on the civilian side. Currently a co-pilot on the E-3 AWACS with minimal civilian Cessna time!
As far a carer goals go, I just want to do my 20 in the military and go fly civilian. I would really like to go back home to Idaho and fly crop dusters or bush planes around the wilderness. Who knows?