Course you could always keep the braces and apply to the US Navy - apparently a gleaming set of gnashers is a prerequisite for their FJ pilots.
I mean, just look at Tom Cruise. Do you think they'd have let him fly that Tomcat with a set like this?
http://parkorthodontics.co.uk/wp-con...ise-Before.jpg
No wonder he had his teeth fixed.
http://parkorthodontics.co.uk/wp-con...os-angeles.jpg