If I had to do it again, I'd follow my brother's route and get the 4 year degree 1st and then go OCS. It pays better and they payed him to get out.
MiniCog - here is a man who knows of what he speaks. By the time you've been in 5 years, unless you're a sh*tb*rd your job will be about the same as an officer's anyhow - telling people what to do and working paper not valves. Only he gets paid twice as much. Think about it.
If I get re-incarnated I want to be on an aircraft carrier, I love me some jets !!! Watching an F-14, 16, 18, or 22 take off and land is almost better than sex.