I'm glad ginny is so enthusiastic about it, but I just wanted to clarify a few things. I'm currently active duty, and looking to transfer into the CEC. It's mostly shore duty, the only deployable unit being the Seabees who account for about 16% of CEC officers. Also, the master's is only free if you stay on past the 4 year commitment, but hey, that's still a monster deal, because I don't know any other community that will guarantee you a masters at a civilian university between your 4th and 10th year of service.