Service Commitment
Because of the costly nature of flight training, Naval Aviators incur a longer minimum active duty service commitment than any other occupation in the Navy or Marine Corps. This service commitment begins on the day the Naval Aviator is winged.
Student Naval Aviators incur an eight-year active duty service commitment. As of December 2012 however, Marine Corps SNAs only incur a service obligation of 6 years. This was done to tackle the problem of newly minted Majors leaving the service since they had reached the end of their obligation.
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