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analog - I don't think the fine folks of the Army Finance Corp lay down their lives very often. *ponder* No, I'm quite sure they don't. Even the Signal Corp is more or less safe (not 100%, but mostly).
Both are fine options where being an officer and not a leader won't matter nearly as much. As for "throwing your education away"... I don't get that. It's not like you degree disolves over the years you serve. Having military experience (especially as an officer) on your resume/CV is VERY helpful landing a good job later on. When you get out, you go use your degree. Some people enlist and never want to leave. I enlisted when I was 25... best choice I ever made. I serve part-time (barring deployment, of course) and work and continue my education in my normal, everyday civilian life. There are so many options, you can't knock htem all with one fell swoop.
Officers to enlisted and vice versa. Yeah, I hear that a lot. Primarily it seems that enlisted folks are embittered about officers, and officers can't just drop their gold shineys on the table and say "I want to be a Sergeant". As an enlisted soldier myself, once I finish my current degree program (Astrophysics) I plan to go to OCS to get my commission. Do I like being enlisted? Yup! But I think I'll like being an officer even more. THe BEST officers always tend to come out of enlisted ranks.
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