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Originally Posted by staplegun FWIW, I've had this same conversation with my 18-year-old son!
If you want to be a warrior, then join the military!
If you want to be a flying warrior, then join the military!
If all you want is to be an airline pilot and have "Uncle Sam" pay for it, then there are multiple civilian routes to accomplish this much quicker...
JMHO, YMMV!
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Absolutely.
On a side note - it is nice to hear about the "warrior-mentality" from the Navy and Air Force sides. It's a critical mindset to have in today's non-linear battlefield.
In fact, one of my struggles as a commander was instilling the warrior mentality in my light wheeled mechanics, cooks, and admin people. Too many times I'd see them carrying their weapons around like a suitcase. It took a lot of pulling them out of their day to day jobs and training them for combat to get them to start thinking like they are really at war.
Anyway... sorry for the thread hijack!