I went pretty deep into the FBI recruiting/applying process during my last year in law school, got to the point of talking on boarding dates, etc... This was early 90's, after comparing the benefits, and what the job was like, I would almost choose being a E-3 in Stumps over what that life is like, I am stunned people actually are debating Naval Air vs that option. For starter's the pension is a joke, unless its changed, there is no early vesting, the retention to 20 is high because if you leave at 18 you get 0. I was told point blank by the recruiter I would never get stationed anywhere near the part of the country where I was from. Getting Long Island on your dream sheet is likely because you make less than a good bartender and have to live on Long Island, don't plan in staying very long, The FBI is good at cubicle based data crunching, not actual street level law enforcement, if that is what you are after, so be it.
A good friend of mine from law school ended up going all the way in, got sent to ass crackistan to interview terrorists, ended up getting skin cancer, could not get sent home for treatment because they took his passport for "safekeeping", and my pension from my small municipal town after 20 years of law enforcement is almost twice his pension amount., Good luck to you all.