Also, keep in mind, you're going to have some early morning briefs (0530) and some late night flights.
That's a
late brief, my friend.
OP (and SNAs everywhere): If you're going to be at Whiting, I'd suggest selling your soul and living somewhere in Milton or Pace, or at the very furthest, NE Pensacola near
UWF. You're entering the "meat" of your training, and need to devote your energy to studying and getting ahead. Time spent on a 45+ minute commute (each way) because you want to live near Seville or the beach is time that you're not studying.
When you wake up at 02-something to drive up for that 0500 brief, you'll be dragging ass all day and your performance will suffer. The IPs will have no sympathy for you, as it was your decision to live somewhere that didn't set you up for success.
As you know, the Navy and Marine Corps aren't really hurting for pilots right now. You don't want to make it easy for them to figure out who should stay and who should go based on missed opportunities to excel...opportunities missed because you're dodging Panhandle drivers (and Panhandle Panhandlers!) instead of studying.
Am I suggesting that you don't go down to the bars and blow off some steam on the weekends? Hell no. You've got to have some balance in your life, and you've got to get your mind off of school every once in a while. However, it should be the exception - not the norm. You're being paid good money to drink from the CNATRA firehose - not drink Irish Wakes.
My $.02, which adjusted for inflation from when I was in flight school, is still surprisingly $.02. ($.02 when I enlisted, though, is now $.03...)