Rotorhead what in the world are you talking about! What are you basing your information on? Just because you wouldn't want to fly helos doesn't mean that others are the same way, especially in the Marine Corps. In case you haven't noticed, Marines are very big into ground support, so if they can do close ground support from a helo why would they want to be in a jet at 30000'? I am applying to the Marine Corps and I personally want jets but almost everyone else I know who is either applying, already been through OCS, or in the middle of flight school want helos. In case you didn't know this lately there has been a jet draft in the Marine Corps. Why would they want to draft everybody to jets if according to you everyone is flocking to them.