I think I understand that this came on your radar due to a conversation with a naval recruiter? Since you have time between now and when you would need to apply, also investigate the Army and AF and what opportunities exist there. There will be changes between now and then, but at least you can get an idea. At my daughters school (Army ROTC), everyone who asked for an education delay to pursue medical school last year received it, while this year not everyone did. So needs of the Army, as well as your grades and overall OML will be the biggest factor. I call on doctors for a living, and I call on 3 doctors regularly who had their medical school paid by the Army (2 of the 3 went through ROTC as well), and are now retired Army and in private practice. I also call on one AF doctor who was not ROTC but the AF paid for medical school And now he is in private practice. The one thing I will say is all 4 said their experiences were incredible. I used to call on a specialist who had been an Army doctor and he doesn’t have much good to say, mainly because he wanted to go into pulmonary medicine and the Army wanted him to be a cardiologist. Needless to say, while he is a little bitter about that, he has done okay for himself too. just another example though that your plans might be different than the military and you will still be obligated.
nursing is changing in all branches, however, Army still has the most spots of the 3 branches out of high school.