Yeah, dad was navy, granddad was navy. Seems like everyone else I know, including my step dad, several uncles, and pretty much my entire local gaming group went army though, and are razzing me a bit over going navy instead.
I was very happy, then very disappointed to learn that the navy allows you to do a 500 yard swim to pass your physical quals instead of a run (I was a competitive swimmer throughout high school and my 500 yard times are faster then the max possible rating level. By a good 25%. *grin*)... but not in boot camp, where it has to be a 1.5 mile run time. And my run times are well short of the minimum level to pass quals. So *sigh* gotta keep training. I hate running, I'm no good at running, it should only be done if you are being chased and just means you die tired. But ya gotta what the chief is gonna make you do I guess.
I hope to keep gaming once I'm out of boot and posted somewhere. Seems like 9 out of 10 gamers I meet are former military, so logically there should be some others around to play with. I'm already planning to use a bit of my enlistment bonus to pick up a grey knights army, and (of course) some more orks...