Just one point,
some people will try to tell you that you are an officer first an a pilot second in the Military.
B@llocks!
I know some damn fine pilots who are so un-officerlike they make me look professional!
It only matters if you are interested in promotion, which the vast majority are not, except that we'd all like the extra pay.
This officer first rubbish is always put around by the weaker pilots, GL types to excuse their poor performance in the air by saying it is the lesser part of their job. I know who I'd rather go to war with out of the choice between the excellent staff work, smartly turned out broadening jobbed snivelor or the gash shag scruffy aviator who is competent at his job, ie flying