The Few. The Proud.

So......since the engineering world seems to not want me, I have decided to pursue a career in the military. I am currently on trial to serve in the US Marine Corps. I have applied and am awaiting judgment on whether or not I get accepted to, what I believe to be the greatest leadership training the US has to offer. If accepted I will be going for a Naval Flight Officer slot.

For those of you NOT familiar with what that is: I would be "Goose" from Top Gun. (Yeah I know, I totally look more like Tom Cruise, but what can you do?)


The Navy and Marine Corps have, in recent years, went crazy on giving away pilot slots to applicants, and now have gotten Naval Flight School so backed up the Marines are offering no pilot contracts for a while! Therefore, I am going for NFO instead. It will still get me in the cockpit of a Jet though. Either an F/A-18 Hornet or a EA-6B Prowler, either would be AWESOME!


If I don’t get accepted as an air candidate, I will be applying for a ground position as well. If accepted for ground I am planning on trying for Infantry Officer, or Intelligence Officer, although I'm pretty sure for an Intel Officer, you have to have some intelligence to begin with, lol.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
George S. Patton

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived." -- George Patton