Though I'm going to be a black shoe surface line guy, I feel the need to defend my fellow brown shoe naval officers (I was almost one of them!). You seem pretty set on USAFA for personal reasons; that's cool, but here is my pitch for Naval Aviation. And BTW, in the future, don't create the same thread twice.
Naval Aviation is the tip of the spear. We offer quick strike capability from our aircraft carriers at sea. The ocean is our base and we can reach out to project our power at a moments notice.
The platforms that the Navy flies consist of jet, props, and helos. While most of our platforms are meant to be depolyed at sea, we do have land based aircraft. An also realize that aircraft carriers are not the only ships you can land on. All of our ships have helo pads, whether they be cruisers, detroyers, frigates, or amphibs. Landing a SH-60 on the bucking flight deck of a destroyer takes skill.
But the bottom line is piloting comes down the the pilot. They are the operator of the machine.