Soapbox
Ok...having read all the posts on this subject i thought i would give my two cents in. Through my experience (and no not an Ensign and something you would never want to hear said), almost 80 percent of every new jet class that I see is married, or in process of getting married. WOW if you ask me. A receipt for disaster. It is very difficult to go through flight school as is, let alone the added pressure/distractions of family etc.
Don't get me wrong I have nothing against marriage and family, but let's face some facts here....you signed a contract.....YOU VOLUNTEERED for service and in turn get a free education in jet flying and a fantastic job. I find it disturbing that many new SNA's are basing their pipeline decision on duty location. You have to face the fact that you will eventually end up in some AFU duty station no matter what in your career. You will always regret yourself later in life for doing not going after what you want (anyone that didn't select what they want, you still got what you wanted...to fly for greatest military and serve your country) Second, there are people out there that would kill to be in our position.
Now that I have gotten this off my chest and upset probably everyone on this forum, I do respect one's decision and thought process on duty station selection. This is not an attack on any individual, more like change of guard. I remember as a student, we were lucky to have one married guy in a class or two classes. Times have change and that's ok. Navy needs to start thinking about this and as a selling point for rentention.