And another one :
Farnborough airshow 04 - headed to DoD booth and. There was a TSAS aircrew vest simulator demo - (it vibrates and buzzes parts of your body if say the sensors in a/c receive a threat or a problem if for some reason you're not seeing the rWR etc ) anyhow the navy captain whose from their aviation medicine branch was telling everyone about how when he was at uni he ran the local skydiving club and he had a lng beard and when skydiving it would flap up in his face. He was a medical doctor with clinical physiology and learnt to fly as he had to attend classes up in Canada as well as USA. He also did a flight instructors course thus he taught one classmate to fly and purchase a light a/c Cessna or Beech.
I think he got his commission trough ROTC
Cheers