Congrats and best of luck.
My son will be joining The Corps soon.
Whoa. Definitely the most challenging of the Services, but the most rewarding. Best of luck to him. 
Thanks.
Well, he talked to all the adult men in his extended family as to which service to join, and there was a little difference of opinion.
Both his grandfathers favored the Air Force (where both served, one as a Colonel) as well as one uncle.
Another relative (one of my uncles) suggested the Navy (he's a retired four striper). I remember an exchange I had with him at a family picnic in which I noted that "I was a Captain too," to which he retorted that technically that was correct, but all I had was railroad tracks and he had four stripes.
I tried to tell him he should wait, and enroll in NROTC (like I did) before entering The Corps (I listened to another uncle who served at Iwo where he lead a BAR team, and he told me the lightes bar to carry was a gold one).
Oh, and I can only judge by the Officer's Mess, but, yeah, the Air Force does have the best chow (but the Navy has the best coffee).
